This reminded Fu Shi of a line from a game she had once played: "Player's will try to take down even a god if they see a HP bar above their head."
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When these little guys launched an attack on Phantylia, accompanied by the grand BGM that came in, even Fu Shi couldn't help but feel some connection to her pets.
Although they all looked bizarre and strange, the other players in the same room were also like Fu Shi, launching various attacks based on their own bonds and the differences in their pets.
Interestingly, sometimes different players' different pets could actually cause combo effects.
When the high-bond pets of the Antimatter Legion inflicted physical DOT on Phantylia, in another room, a player with an "explosive" trait pet could actually detonate those DOTs.
Under such synergy, the more people there were, the more effects could be produced.
Phantylia's HP also began to visibly drop.
But if it were really that easy to fight, Phantylia would be cured already.
"Life from dawn to dusk!"
Facing the players and pets piling up at his feet like ants, constantly charging at her, Phantylia narrowed his eyes, and then-
That move, seen in the show, the one with a massive special effects explosion, appeared!
The entire overlimit space was twisted into a planet.
The pets and trailblazers inside couldn't even breathe properly.
But this time, they didn't have Welt and Jing yuan to help.
After Phantylia grabbed the planet in her hand, as if crushing a toy, she directly crushed the entire planet into pieces!
Boom!
A violent explosion erupted from the phone!
All around, earth-shaking screams rang out.
"Ahhh!"
"It's this move again!"
"Damn, I died completely again!"
Fu Shi stared at the phone in shock.
Of the five pets she had randomly caught, four were already gone!
The two from the Antimatter Legion, the two from the Denizens of Abundance, all turned to ashes.
Only a traffic light monster still flashed its lights, standing there blankly.
...
: Damn, what's the name of this traffic light monster? It didn't die?
: Too tanky! Holy crap!
: Ridiculous! I'm going to get one myself!
: But honestly, experiencing Phantylia's wipe skill in person feels even more shocking than in the show!
...
The live-stream chat went even crazier.
At the same time, Fu Shi also saw a dense flood of death notifications in the top right corner of her phone.
Those were messages of pets dying from players in other rooms.
After such a massive blow, order should have collapsed.
But it didn't.
"If you don't have pets, withdraw first! Leave the spots for others!"
"So many people are still waiting outside!"
"Time's running out! Phantylia still has a lot of HP! Hurry hurry hurry!"
The defeated players quickly and voluntarily left the park.
Those who had long surrounded the park, eager to fight, immediately filled the empty spots.
"Damn it!"
"Phantylia, even if you have a billion HP, it's useless!"
"Your HP is dropping every second!"
"And our brothers from everywhere are endless!"
"As long as your health bar is showing, you're doomed!"
"KO! Today we will keep you in Wind City and make you our plush trophy!"
At this moment, players united, not caring at all about the death count or resource consumption.
They had only one thought, defeat Phantylia.
"Good, good, I can still hold on a bit longer!"
"I still have a pet!"
Fu Shi tapped the traffic light in her phone, letting it continue clumsily headbutting Phantylia.
There was no other way.
With no bond and no other pets, Fu Shi could only contribute in the dumbest way possible.
The viewers in the live stream didn't sit idle either.
To join in, they all offered their friend codes.
As long as Fu Shi added them, they would give her their pets for free, just to help everyone in Wind City defeat Phantylia.
Scenes like this were happening in every corner of the park.
Aside from giving up spots for nearby players, many others were also networking online.
Once one batch of pets was used up, they would immediately add friends and take another batch.
Endless!
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While the Aetherium Wars swept across the whole country like a meme virus, many gaming companies went crazy.
"Damn, did they put the collection desire into their game itself?"
"Holy crap!"
"This is insane!"
Many gaming company heads were frantically downloading Aetherium Wars, hoping to understand its secret.
Because for the past few hours, the data pouring in from everywhere made these companies jealous.
Whether it was the explosive player count or the sensation it caused in real life, they saw infinite potential and commercial value.
They desperately wanted to know how Aetherium Wars succeeded.
This involved a market worth tens of billions, maybe more.
Even if they had to copy it, they would rush to copy it!
There was no choice, with four million players in just one hour, plus all the overseas buzz, these people were going crazy.
In the face of huge profits, saving face was meaningless.
Unfortunately, Aetherium Wars's success actually had little to do with the game itself.
It was originally a fan-oriented game.
There wasn't much advanced tech, the hardest part was synchronizing the "pets descent" eventin real life regions.
That capability was something many companies couldn't even dream of matching, along with the sheer scale of the Honkai: Star Rail IP itself.
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Time ticked by.
Wind City had entered dusk.
Phantylia's HP had finally been whittled down to a sliver by the players' relentless attacks.
At this moment, the tuning skill could have a huge impact.
"Forget it! Those with tuning skills, hurry and try your luck!"
"The world's first humanoid boss!"
Players were completely bloodthirsty now.
While commanding their pets to attack, they began madly spamming their tuning skills at Phantylia.
[Failed]
[Failed]
[Failed]
"Damn it! My tuning is used up!"
"Same here!"
"Shit, even with just a sliver of HP, it's this hard to catch?"
"Too bad its toughness bar is too thick, if we broke it, maybe it would be easier!"
Just like before, those without tuning skills left the field, and others took their place.
But no one truly left, instead, they surrounded the park, forming an enormous flowing crowd.
Everyone wanted to witness who would finally claim Phantylia.
"Ah, too bad, we didn't capture Phantylia with the last hit."
Fu Shi was also outside the park.
Her traffic light pet, miraculously, survived until the end, but her tuning skills were used up, so she had to withdraw.
While she was filming with her camera, the crowd in the park suddenly erupted into cheers.
"Phantylia has been captured!"
"Phantylia has been captured!"
The wave of voices spread from inside to the outside.