"Is it really this cool?"
Driven by curiosity, Lumina clicked on the game she hadn't opened in a long time.
The update completed in an instant. Listening to the familiar music and watching the Train enter the Astral Express, Lumina successfully entered the game.
What met her eyes was a mandatory opening animation.
The anniversary gacha character was Castorice, and this opening animation was undoubtedly Castorice's opening animation.
Seeing this scene, Lumina couldn't help but sigh.
Times have changed.
At that time, Lumina racked her brains but still couldn't think of this point...
If the Lumina of that time had known this, she would have definitely arranged all sorts of things for herself.
The grandeur must be maxed out!
"Hmm... how about hand-crafting an SP Form later?" As she thought, Lumina mumbled to herself.
Having been featured once and rerun once, even if Lumina's face were any thicker, she would be too embarrassed to max out her treatment during the second rerun.
Otherwise, would she even let the other characters live?
Thus, Lumina conceived the idea of hand-crafting an SP Form with maxed-out prestige, maxed-out strength... and maxed-out everything else.
Of course, this matter still needed to be planned carefully.
After all, an SP Form would definitely require some costume changes. If she just copied the original design exactly, the game would probably be blown up by the players.
Well... even if they blew it up, it would have absolutely nothing to do with Lumina anyway.
"Let's set it for after Iron Tomb, and make a Main DPS Form Lumina." Resting her chin on her hand, Lumina tapped her cheek with her finger. In a moment, she made her decision.
Lumina was already starting to fall behind the current version?
Then why not just release an SP Lumina that perfectly synergizes with Lumina?
Relying on others is not as good as relying on oneself; Lumina understood this truth very well.
Not to mention... Lumina was also a super invincible beautiful girl.
A super invincible beautiful girl supporting a super invincible beautiful girl... from any angle, it would be full of joy and pleasing to the eye, right?
"Hmph, I'll just make an Overpowered Lumina when the time comes." Lumina snorted softly, her mood extremely cheerful.
Since she knew the game's power creep was so fast, Lumina didn't need to hold back anymore.
She would directly design a character that ignored all mechanics and dealt percentage-based damage!
Lumina refused to believe that such a character, who ignored mechanics and forced percentage-based damage, could still be drowned out by power creep!
Power creep?
Let it creep as much as it wants. After all, whether you have 100 health or 100 million health, it's still a percentage, isn't it?
Could power creep even outpace infinity?
Lumina snorted disdainfully.
As for releasing an Overpowered Character and causing players to curse the developer... what did that have to do with Lumina?
I'll release what I release, you'll take the heat you take, and we won't interfere with each other.
Besides, they're a game developer, so they must be used to getting cursed all the time anyway. This one time shouldn't make a difference.
Just like the Interastral Peace Corporation.
Their company's reputation in the Cosmos was almost completely ruined, yet they were still the "Overlords of the Universe," weren't they?
Though you couldn't really compare the two, after all, they weren't companies on the same level.
But the principle was the same.
If a developer couldn't even handle being cursed at, then they might as well not be in business.
If a developer had only positive reviews and not a single negative one, that would be a bit suspicious.
Without a doubt, they must have used some underhanded means to suppress all the angry words with thunderous force.
Of course, such a thing would definitely never happen in the real world. After all, the real world has no supernatural powers, making it completely impossible to achieve the level of one person resisting ten thousand.
But in the Galaxy, it was different.
You could curse the Interastral Peace Corporation on social networks, and a simple insult would be no problem.
But if you cursed them a little too harshly, then... hehehe.
Shaking her head, she stopped thinking about it.
She turned her gaze back to the game.
Because Lumina hadn't played for a while, her Monthly Pass and such had naturally expired. After watching the opening animation and jumping to the gacha screen, she could directly start controlling the game.
Lumina didn't rush to pull, but instead opened the friend list first.
"Little Jingliu hasn't been online for so long?"
"Is life in the Xianzhou Prison that miserable?"
Seeing that Jingliu's account on the friend list hadn't been online for a long time, Lumina complained, sighing in her heart.
But then again, life in the Xianzhou Prison was one thing.
The other possibility might be...
The character Jingliu had been buried in the ground.
One version lasted 40 days. After a rough calculation, Little Jingliu had quit the game during Version 3.0.
Why did she quit? It's so hard to guess.
Could it be that a certain [Sword Champion], seeing that her half-day of slashing was no match for Pointy-Hat's single slap of damage, threw a tantrum and quit the game in a fit of rage?
Although this was a scenario Lumina had imagined, why did she always feel that the possibility of this outcome was quite high?
After all, E6 Jingliu = E0 Big Herta. Anyone who played a little would know this.
Not to mention... Lumina had spent so much money on Little Jingliu's account, so she must have pulled the character to E6 and her weapon to S5.
E6S5 Jingliu vs E6S5 Herta, tsk tsk... The gap between the two should go without saying, right?
Saying "crushed" might even be overestimating Jingliu.
It wouldn't be surprising for Jingliu to have a mental breakdown because of this.
If Lumina were in Jingliu's shoes, she'd be tempted to go to the real world and blow up the game company.
Hmm... it's just a little pity.
If Jingliu really had a breakdown over something like this, Lumina would feel truly, truly sorry.
After all, Little Jingliu's breakdown expression is something Lumina is extremely curious about.
When she was with her on the Xianzhou before, she was a complete ice beauty.
Her stunning face seemed to be fixed with only one expression, no matter what, it was hard to show a second one.
Even if one appeared, it was only a slight change in expression.
If Lumina could see that little face of Jingliu's break down, then see her start cursing, she'd be willing to trade a year of her life for it!
Lumina used "trading a year of her life" in her heart to express her curiosity about this emotion of Jingliu's.
Hmm... Lumina wasn't exactly sure how long her own lifespan was.
But at least... living through a few hundred Amber Eras should be no problem.
"Sigh... If only I'd given the community forums to Jingliu back then." Thinking of this, Lumina sighed silently.
After scrolling through the community, Lumina understood a few things.
Version 3.0 had announced that old characters would be buffed.
Version 3.2 specified which old characters would be buffed.
Naturally, this included Jingliu.
Although her appearance here was a bit hard to stomach, after all, a character from another game by the same company, who had been on a banner at the same time as Jingliu, was still absolutely dominating to this day.
And Jingliu had indeed fallen to the point of needing a buff. Comparing the two like this, one couldn't help but sigh a few times.
Without comparison, there is no hurt.
Fortunately, Jingliu didn't play that game, otherwise she'd probably have an even bigger mental breakdown.
But it's okay, she's going to be buffed anyway.
Isn't it normal to become even stronger after a buff?
I'll head to the Xianzhou later and tell Jingliu about this, then let her go back to the game!
Lumina nodded, rationally formulating this plan.
However, Lumina had obviously forgotten one point.
Namely,
Since she planned to finish all her business in Amphoreus first, wouldn't the game already be in Version 4.0 by the time it reached the next map?
And the character buffs in Version 3.4, would they really still count as "buffs" in Version 4.0?
Not to mention, this was a conservative estimate.
By the time Lumina actually had Jingliu return to the game, it would probably be around Version 4.5.
Counting the time, if it really were around Version 4.5, wouldn't the "buffed" Jingliu be buried and laid to rest by then...
But this was exactly what Lumina wanted.
After all, by then, Lumina would definitely be by Jingliu's side, just in time to see her breakdown and the little expression as she cursed loudly~
For Lumina, this was a delicacy that could not be replaced by anything else.
An emotion called "Desire" gradually emerged in Lumina's heart.
Her breathing quickened, and her exhaled breath was warm...
"Hah..."
Lumina was still Lumina. Having seen it all, she wouldn't get lost in a mere fantasy.
After a moment, Lumina took a deep breath and completely returned to normal.
"Time to pull, time to pull~"
Without thinking much, Lumina went straight to the gacha page.
The gacha had a new mechanic, seemingly allowing players to lose their 50/50 to previous limited characters.
But for Lumina, it made no difference. Every character she had before quitting the game was at maximum Eidolon and Superimposition. Losing a 50/50 was just losing a 50/50; it didn't matter what she got.
It made no difference.
After making a few casual selections, Lumina started pulling.
She still had money left from her last top-up, so pulling a few more E6S5 characters shouldn't be a problem.
Lumina didn't even watch the pull animations, her small hand tapping furiously.
Before long, in less than ten minutes, Lumina gazed at the E6S5 Castorice on her character page, her fair and beautiful face filled with satisfaction.
Three hundred pulls for a maximum Eidolon Castorice, and one hundred fifty pulls for her maximum Superimposition signature weapon.
Four hundred and fifty pulls for an E6S5 Castorice, this is a match made in heaven!
Castorice really does love me.
Lumina was extremely, extremely satisfied, wishing she could hold Castorice in her arms right now and reward her thoroughly!
After maxing out Castorice, Lumina first glanced at Herta.
Seeing her still sitting on the sofa, engrossed in her phone, Lumina withdrew her gaze.
Go ahead and watch, would Lumina really disturb her?
Lumina lay back down on the sofa, opened the quest interface, and started the main quest.
The main quest in the game naturally featured a storyline where Lumina existed, not a story without her like when she watched the videos before.
Although Lumina experienced this storyline firsthand in the first-person perspective.
But a firsthand experience is a firsthand experience; occasionally switching perspectives is also quite nice.
Moreover, the first-person perspective in Amphoreus was completely different from the previous locations.
In the previous locations, Lumina had been participating in the story while watching the livestream.
But in Amphoreus, because she was lost in the gentle embrace of a beautiful girl, Lumina hadn't watched the livestream.
So, naturally, there were some things Lumina didn't know.
Viewing things from Stelle's or the Player's perspective might reveal many details that Lumina didn't know.
With this thought in mind, Lumina began the Amphoreus story.
At the same time, Lumina herself entered a "gaming state."
Lying on the sofa while holding her phone, her two little calves were slightly raised, swaying back and forth in the air.
Her fair little feet, with a hint of redness at the tips, looked like a high-quality little cake, tempting anyone to take a bite.
"...Lumina, that girl, really doesn't care about her image at all anymore."
Taking in Lumina's posture, Herta, who had been paying attention to her the whole time, couldn't help but look away.
From all her actions in the outside world, Herta knew that Lumina was someone who cared deeply about her personal image.
Especially in front of beautiful girls, she would engrave her perfect figure into their hearts, becoming the perfect Goddess they aspired to and admired.
As a result, someone who cared so deeply about her image was indeed revealing her most authentic self without any disguise in front of Herta.
Although Herta was indeed exceptionally happy about this.
After all, being able to become the most special person in Lumina's heart was a complete win for Herta, no matter how you looked at it.
But... but Lumina's authentic image was truly making it a bit difficult for Herta to suppress a certain "desire" in her heart.
Those jade-like little feet were just swaying back and forth in the air, and from time to time, a tempting fragrance wafted over...
For some reason, the air in front of Herta's eyes had been tinged with a pink filter, making her breath grow very rapid as she watched that swaying little foot.
Herta said it straight: this was blatant temptation!
Given her own previous behavior, Herta refused to believe that Lumina didn't know how much of an attraction her body had for her.
Without a doubt, she was doing it on purpose!
Bad! Bad! Bad! Too bad!
Herta immediately gritted her teeth, wishing she could "eat" her into her mouth, turning all the things she used to tempt her into reality!
Although Herta could only think about such things in her heart.
Even if Herta had the heart to do such things, she had absolutely no ability to do so.
Lumina... she was truly too unreasonable.
Talk about morality?
She was the very creator of morality; wherever she stood, as long as she wished, that place became the moral high ground.
Talk about strength?
That was even more impossible.
Wasn't it because of her own immense strength that Lumina could stand on the moral high ground and lecture her?
If Herta's strength and Lumina's strength were swapped, Herta would devour Lumina right now.
But unfortunately, there was no "if."
Therefore, faced with Lumina's blatant temptation before her,
Herta could only watch with longing eyes.
Still, it wasn't much of a loss.
Though she couldn't eat her fill, she could at least quench her thirst.
Even if she couldn't eat her, she could still look.
And being able to look,
Naturally, she could indulge in a few fantasies in her heart...