After the Divination Commission's live stream.
The absurd side quest involving Qingque and Fu Xuan quickly spread among the player community!
On the forums.
Several posts appeared in succession, quickly attracting the attention of many players!
They directly made it to the front page.
For example:
"Qingque Transforms into CEO Qing, Fu Xuan Becomes Qingque's Foot Washer!"
"Divination Commission Live Stream, Fu Xuan is Stunned!"
"CEO Qing's Business Empire, Makes You Want to Start a Business with Qingque!"
"Divination Commission Hit by Heliobus Twice, This Event is Hilarious!"
This side quest broke through the circle!
Various quotes from the storyline—
Such as "She offered too much!", "This is a gamble, my friend!" and so on quickly became internet memes!
Even.
Qingque's exclusive emotes were widely circulated among the players...
In Little Gui's live stream.
Guinaifen's gaze was serious.
After a moment of contemplation.
She seemed to have made a decision and said:
"I will use my last ten cans of fuel for a gamble!"
"I believe... I can definitely get a full set of graduation relics!"
She stepped forward.
And interacted with the [Path of the Nether Cavern of Corrosion].
Apart from the monster information and the special mechanics of the stage.
In the bottom right corner, two brand new Relic sets were displayed.
[Possible Drops: [The Ashblazing Grand Duke], [Prisoner in Deep Confinement]...]
Inside the live stream.
Players were also enthusiastically discussing.
...
"Brothers, my Jing Yuan already has a decent Thunder set. Is it necessary to farm this [The Ashblazing Grand Duke]?"
"There will definitely be improvements, but have you thought about how much stamina it will cost to farm this new Relic?"
"Listen to me, folks! Right now is when materials are most scarce. Don't be like Little Gui and waste all your stamina on Relics."
"You all don't understand the streamer's good intentions. This is leading by example, a classic case of a negative teaching model."
"But the other set can be used for Kafka. This Relic dungeon is quite cost-effective."
"The names are so hard to remember. Let's just call them the Follow-up set and the DoT set..."
...
[Battle Begins]
Guinaifen had already started her high-stakes gamble.
The recommended attributes for this Relic dungeon were Physical, Thunder, and Imaginary.
There were two waves of enemies.
Each wave was packed with five monsters.
Guinaifen's team consisted of Jing Yuan, Tingyun, Asta, and Huohuo.
As she fought, she exclaimed, "Folks, have you noticed?"
"With each update, Jing Yuan keeps getting buffs!"
"This Relic dungeon is practically tailor-made for Jing Yuan!"
"And I've also heard that by accepting a quest from Mr. Xiyan, you can unlock a new gameplay mode—[Pure Fiction]!"
"It's similar to the reward mechanism of the Forgotten Hall, but the enemies appear in groups..."
"It seems the era of Destruction DPS dominating the meta is about to change."
"Our Erudition characters are going to rise!"
"Jing Yuan can finally feast... no, he's going to get the meat!"
[Battle Ends]
Guinaifen checked the newly acquired Relics.
[The Grand Duke's Molten Gauntlets]
The Relic's image was a pair of pristine gloves.
Flames were burning at the wrists.
"Big Attack, Speed, and CRIT Rate?"
"This is a pretty good base!"
Guinaifen was excitedly preparing to enhance it.
Suddenly.
Familiar Punklorde-style blue text appeared in the live stream!
[Is this a new Relic? Looking at this design, it reminds me of an old friend.]
Guinaifen was stunned.
But she quickly realized.
This unique font.
Only that big shot could use it—[Account Banned]!
Not long ago, she had seen this banned account holder post their record of clearing the 10th floor of the Chaos Memory on the forums!
This was a recognized top-tier player!
"Welcome, [Account Banned], to the stream!"
"Long time no see, [Account Banned]!"
Guinaifen greeted warmly.
[Account Banned] was also straightforward.
They directly sent ten Diting Storms.
Making the already excited Little Gui even more thrilled.
"Thank you, [Account Banned], for the Diting Storms! Boss is generous!"
Blue bullet comments appeared.
[Keep grinding, let me see the other pieces of this Relic set.]
"No problem!"
This was exactly what Little Gui was supposed to do.
Soon.
Another battle ended.
This time, luck was on her side.
Two Relics of the Grand Duke dropped directly.
They were the [Grand Duke's Crown of Netherflame] and the [Grand Duke's Robe of Grace].
"The stats on the headpiece are decent, but the robe boosts Attack..."
However...
[Account Banned] didn't seem to be focusing on the Relic's stats.
Instead, they were more interested in the owner behind the Relic.
[LOL! These really are Duke Inferno's Relics.]
[Ifrit's robe, crown, and gloves have all turned into Relics. I wonder what he would think if he saw this?]
As soon as these words were spoken.
The live chat erupted in chaos.
Originally, everyone was only paying attention to the Relic's stats, wondering how much of a boost they could bring to characters with a follow-up mechanism.
But the banned user's focus was on the Relic itself?
Could there be more to this Relic?
...
"Who is Duke Inferno? Is he the owner of this Relic?"
"So this entire Relic set comes from Ifrit! No wonder the style looks so familiar!"
"Thanks for the reminder, banned user! But here's the question... Isn't Ifrit still alive? I just heard news about the Annihilation Gang causing trouble recently. Why are his Relics already in the game?"
"Excuse my ignorance, but who is Ifrit?"
"A member of the Annihilation Gang, the master of the Ever-Flame Mansion, and the supreme leader of the fire demon race, an energy-based lifeform."
"Sounds a bit more impressive than the Jepella Brotherhood from Jepella Star, huh?"
"They're notorious terrorists in the galaxy! They have a famous saying: 'We destroy you, not for you, but for His gaze.'"
...
Guinaifen had also heard this name in the news before.
But she didn't have a concrete impression of him in her mind.
Looking at the Relics in her backpack.
She wondered if these items really came from a fire demon who existed in reality?
"Yu Ling is truly something, even the Relics contain so much information..."
"Speaking of which, since we have Duke Inferno's Relics, does that mean he might appear in future storylines?"
"A fire demon who seeks to please the Aeon through Destruction would probably be a villain in the game, right?"
"Ding!"
While Guinaifen was pondering what Duke Inferno might be like.
A notification suddenly popped up on her screen.
[Yu Ling has released a new video, 'Honkai: Star Rail' PV - A Night of Ever-Flame: Scene 33]
"Huh?"
"What's this?"
"Hiss... Something feels off! Does this seem like Duke Inferno's PV?"