In an unknown world, on a sunny morning, a tired-looking office worker settled into his desk, commencing yet another mundane workday.
After completing his essential tasks, the man breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out his phone, and casually opened Honkai Impact 3rd, intending to unwind for a while.
Thus, the captain opened the Abyss, checked the rankings, and prepared to see what peculiar names his fellow captains in the same group had concocted.
After all, it was common for captains to encounter names like "One Point Short Downstairs," "I've Arranged, Are You Coming?" or names related to scores and memes, such as "White Cloth Crossing the River," "Brothers, I've Learned Instant Enlargement," "Planner, I'll Kill You a Thousand Times and It Still Won't Be Enough"...
This was just a little amusement for the captains, right?
[1. Wronged Captain - 21837]
[2. Miss Pink Serpent - 21726]
[3. Coffin Diver Bunny c019 - 21722]
[4. Kaslana Family's Meal - 21721]
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[10. ElysiaElysiaElysia - 21374]
[11. Luo Lin - 21103]
[12. Dudu's Story Collection - 19981]
"Huh, this person chose a pretty simple name!"
The office worker rubbed his eyes. Among the myriad of meme-filled and lengthy names, "Luo Lin" stood out, short and powerful, making it distinctively different.
Suddenly intrigued, the captain reached out and tapped on Luo Lin's name, intending to see her setup.
"Oh, S-rank Elysia, S-rank Senti, and not even a Valkyrie... What's this third one, Initial A? Why does it have no name, avatar, or stigma icon? Is my network acting up?"
The man looked puzzled, checked his internet connection on Bilibili, then returned to the game interface and tapped on the third Valkyrie in the list.
In the next moment, the phone screen switched to the Valkyrie introduction page, revealing a completely new face to the captain - black hair, black pupils, adorned with a bunch of gadgets resembling grenades, wearing a bright smile, making a "peace" sign to the screen, brimming with youthful vitality... Huh?
"Valkyrie Dark Feather - Luo Lin? Haven't seen this one before... Did the data go wrong? Or..."
The man paused, dragging the introduction bar with a doubtful expression, finding many things were in default code form, resembling some kind of incomplete development, like a character pulled out from an unfinished project.
Could this person be cheating?
Thinking so, the captain clicked on the magnifying glass icon at the top left corner of the Valkyrie introduction page - this allowed captains to view the 3D models of characters they hadn't unlocked. Then, to his surprise, he found the modeling to be exceptionally well-done.
"Alright, you're my wife now!"
The captain quickly took screenshots from all angles, thoroughly admiring this new character, and then casually clicked the report button on the account.
What an extraordinary sight indeed!
Thinking so, the captain hesitated for a moment before opening a thread on the NGB forum, in the Honkai Impact 3rd section -
"[Possible Insider Info] Everyone, take a look at this character, isn't she pretty?"
"Today, I encountered a tech guy who actually used an unreleased character in the Abyss. It's truly awe-inspiring, but luckily, I was quick to capture screenshots before she was killed, so let me show you my new wife!"
[Pictures][Pictures][Pictures]...
1st Comment: Damn, what a cheater!
2nd Comment: Honestly, I can't figure out what kind of cheating is needed in Honkai. Especially in Agony 1, there's even less need for it... Wait, new wife? Phew, how bold...
3rd Comment: So there really is insider info? I thought it was a joke. This skill doesn't seem fully developed, is Initial A supposed to be a support character?... Damn, what kind of skill module is this?
4th Comment: Haha, Team-wide healing and energy regeneration, let's kick Raven out of the team immediately!
5th Comment: Is that black stocking boots? Smack, too much power? #BlushingBreathless#
6th Comment: Reply to 5th Comment: Look closely, those are tight pants, but licking is not out of the question. #BlushingBreathless#
7th Comment: The OP's photoshop skills are amazing, and the character model really does have the taste of MiHoYo. When are you going to share the model with everyone?
8th Comment: Where's my thigh garter? I declare this is not a MiHoYo character!
9th Comment: Are you all fixated on the legs? I find the grenades on her body quite cute. #BlushingBreathless#
10th Comment: Reply to 9th Comment: Sounds a bit off, but considering it's Honkai, it's normal.
11th Comment: I think the character design isn't provocative enough, not showing enough skin. I suggest the designer quickly adds a few more openings, and don't forget to include the thigh garter mentioned earlier!
12th Comment: The skills are indeed over the top, team-wide regeneration and healing, plus increased basic attack damage... OP, use a bit of common sense when creating, such outrageous stats are impossible.
When the man broke free from his morning work, he saw dozens of reply notifications on his phone, nodding in satisfaction.
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In the Abyss, Luo Lin shivered, her face full of doubt as she scanned her surroundings.
In front of her, the troublesome giant VTOL was riddled with holes and emitting black smoke, obviously at the point of being turned into scrap metal by her.
"Why do I feel like someone is talking about me...?"
Rubbing her wrist, Senti looked at the pink figure holding a bow beside her with curiosity and asked, "How does it feel to switch bodies back and forth for combat? Do you feel dizzy?"
"Of course I do..."
Luo Lin had also tried giving Dark Feather - Luo Lin to Murata Himeko to use, but it was very difficult for her to control. It took a lot of effort for Murata Himeko to manipulate her, and she couldn't even figure out the way afterwards, ending up lying on the ground unable to get up.
Helplessly, Luo Lin had to control both Valkyries herself, just like in the past when she could still wield the glass panel, sometimes using her SP for her teammates, and sometimes switching to Elysia for damage output.
It was dizzying, truly dizzying. Switching back and forth between different body qualities made Luo Lin feel like she was about to puke, but she eventually adapted to this tactic...
At least Senti was very supportive; she created a longsword with Honkai energy and madly unleashed attacks from the side. Although her moves were different from those in the game, Luo Lin strongly suspected it was because Senti didn't want to use the same set of skills as the game's "Herrscher of Sentience".
It seemed like she didn't want to use Fu Hua's moves either, perhaps because they weren't unique enough.
After struggling with the plane for a while, Senti admitted reluctantly that she couldn't avoid the influence of Fu Hua and the "Herrscher of Sentience" she had encountered before, and the tactics she came up with on the spot didn't work well.
She reluctantly summoned the spear-sword-chain set and wielded the weapons to fight the VTOL, at least she didn't resort to using the Inch Punch techniques, which could be considered Senti's final stubbornness.
Luo Lin could feel the power of the arrows on the plane increase; surely, Senti had put the VTOL in a fragile state...
Afterwards, she asked Senti how she did it, and the latter said it was all instinctive.
Honkai energy was truly miraculous, wasn't it?
So, under the joint attack of the two, the large VTOLs was riddled with holes and collapsed on the ground, scoring a painful 21103 points, successfully avoiding demotion!
Not dropping a tier was considered a success!