Chapter 28 - 28: Developer's First Announcement - Limited Card Pool Implementation

After the foxfolk little sister left, Lin Yu began inspecting his first property on Xianzhou. The villa featured a spacious garden area, although currently it only had some ordinary ornamental trees. He envisioned arranging it later, planting flowers and foliage to create a small, picturesque garden. Inside, the house was well-equipped with simple yet refined furnishings. Lin Yu promptly opened the system panel. "Activate ability [My Territory, My Rules]." [Confirm setting this property as your [Territory]?] "Confirmed." As Lin Yu spoke, an invisible energy radiated outward from him, spreading to every corner of the villa. He closed his eyes. Upon reopening them, a gleam of excitement shone through. "So this is the feeling of absolute control?" His gaze turned towards a nearby sapling. With a single thought, The sapling began sprouting and growing rapidly, visible to the naked eye. In no time, it transformed into a small tree bearing fresh, tender fruits. One fruit detached from the branch, floated gently down, and landed in Lin Yu's hand. "Not bad, quite flavorful." However, the surrounding vegetation appeared significantly wilted. After all, energy conservation applies; rapid growth of this fruit tree consumed a large amount of nutrients from the soil. In the future, he could assign a dedicated maid to care for this manor garden. With fertile soil, such costs wouldn't be necessary. Seated on a swing near the manor, Lin Yu opened the game developer interface. [Popularity Points: 100,000+] [Premium Points: 600 million+] [Current Remaining Points: 405 million+] Apart from checking the basic reward information, he also briefly reviewed the overall game status. The fastest progressing players had already reached Belobog, with likely hopes of completing its storyline by tomorrow. Lin Yu accessed the system store and quickly selected a specific resource: [Star Rail Version 1.0 Additional Content: Includes Seele & Jing Yuan playable characters, Light Cones, and character promotional videos] The previous Honkai Star Rail version obtained through the lottery was the initial release, similar to Version 1.0 but lacking limited-time banner characters. Now that his game had gained some recognition, it was time to implement this crucial feature. "Purchase!" [Purchase successful. Cost: 50 million points.] [Honkai: Star Rail Version 1.1 Update Contents: Including playable characters Silver Wolf, Luocha, and Yukong...] [Selling Price: 1.5 billion points] "1.5 billion, huh?" "Not too much, I can save up for two days." "First, let's open Seele and Jing Yuan's banners." On the largest forum of the Intergalactic Peace Network, Lin Yu created an account as the developer of "Honkai: Star Rail." Subsequently, he posted his first official game announcement: [Thank you, players, for your love of "Honkai: Star Rail". As a token of appreciation, all players will receive a gift of 1600 Starry Sky currency. Additionally, we are opening a limited-time banner featuring the five-star character [Seele]...] After sending the announcement, Lin Yu implemented the additional content for Version 1.0. The rewards were distributed alongside the notice, reaching every online player via in-game mail. Shortly after posting, the announcement sparked a massive wave of excitement across the network! Within half a minute, hundreds of replies flooded beneath the announcement message. "I can't believe my eyes! This is the developer 'Feathered Spirit's' account itself!" "It has official verification; there's no way it's fake." "My goodness! Feathered Spirit, please accept my admiration!" "I watched Little Gui stream this game all night—it's absolutely insane!" "1,600 Star Gems? The creator is incredibly generous!" "Arcana Friends! Something big is coming! A limited five-star character won't disappoint for sure!" "I'm going to farm those pulls relentlessly!" While netizens focused on discussing the game content, Silver Wolf's attention was more drawn to Feathered Spirit, the developer themselves. Without wasting any time, she used one of her lesser accounts to send a private message: "Hello, Feathered Spirit, I'm a huge fan of Honkai: Star Rail and quite intrigued by its creator. Could you perhaps reveal your location?" After sending it, Silver Wolf sat there idly, not expecting much from this developer in terms of response. In her mind, Feathered Spirit must be someone capable of joining the Genius Society—a figure typically arrogant and disdainful towards others. Why would they bother replying to such a trivial comment? Even she felt her message sounded somewhat foolish. To her surprise, just five seconds later, Feathered Spirit responded: "I wouldn't say where exactly, but currently, I reside on Xianzhou." Xianzhou! Xianzhou! Feathered Spirit lives on Xianzhou! Silver Wolf's breathing quickened, her heart racing faster than even during the most perilous missions. Now, mere excitement surged through her due to a single reply. Kafka, equally curious, leaned over to read the conversation between Silver Wolf and Feathered Spirit. "But there are six major warships within Xianzhou! Which one could Feathered Spirit be on?" Silver Wolf began typing a follow-up question but abruptly deleted it all. "No, no! That's too direct! It'll annoy Feathered Spirit!" "If we offend him, it'll be all over!" Seeing Silver Wolf's anxious expression, Kafka smiled confidently. "Silver Wolf, leave this to me." "Sure, you're better at this than I am." Silver Wolf yielded their seat to Kafka but cautioned, "Don't mess it up!"