Chapter 34

【Player emotions rising infinitely, points critical hit!】

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【The moment Herta saw Stelle emerge, she began calling out to her: "Success! I must tell Stephen as soon as possible—Stelle, don't just stand there, go back in and look around, try to see if you can say a word or two or something else."】

【Stelle was a bit unhappy, so Herta soon realized her lapse in composure.】

【"Hmm, you're right, I got carried away… Sorry, you did great! If it's convenient, please go back in and try again."】

【"I've upgraded the 'Simulated Universe', it now has more memory and can support longer processes. I guess the last run must have been quite boring, so I'll have Stephen add some more interesting things." Herta said to Stelle happily.】

【"This part is entirely for your service, I hope you have fun!"】

【Stelle hoped for richer rewards, Herta promised her, then began planning more things. She said she would add longer processes, more content, better rewards, and a more bizarre difficulty curve, and hoped Stelle would be prepared.】

【"I will provide you with more help!"】

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"Oh, did I get my own character directly?" Herta looked at an identical version of herself appearing on her screen and couldn't help but say.

"Heh heh, I'm really looking forward to it!"

I have to say, such a game is truly extraordinary; at the very least, the fact that it could completely incorporate the research she wanted to conduct was already worth looking forward to.

"I don't know what it will look like after the upgrade. I only had a preliminary idea; what will it upgrade into in the game?"

She couldn't help but look forward to everything she had imagined.

"Then Ms. Herta, let's go a few more times!"

The researchers couldn't help but shout.

"Alright! Consider it for the sake of researching the Aeons!"

Herta agreed this time as well.

Thus, she played with her phone again, while those researchers who hadn't finished downloading the game watched the others nearby having a blast, and could only watch with longing.

"Why hasn't my game finished downloading yet!!"

"Hurry up, it feels like ants are crawling all over me!"

"The feeling of being able to watch but not play is just too terrible, when will I be able to play!"

They wailed one after another.

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Afterwards, everyone and Herta went through the Simulated Universe several more times, still feeling unsatisfied.

"Tsk tsk, I think this Simulated Universe is the peak of this game!"

"I think so too, this is a good thing developed by Ms. Herta for the purpose of researching Aeons!"

"Looking at it this way, what Ms. Herta said earlier was not wrong at all; this is indeed a good thing!"

"Indeed!"

Just as many researchers were discussing, Herta also joined in.

"Hmph, that goes without saying, that's a good thing I spent a great price to create!"

"Alright, I've had my fun, Asta, here's the phone!"

Saying this, Herta tossed the phone to Asta and sat back in her seat.

However, just as Asta was preparing to look at other places, she suddenly discovered a side quest.

"Hmm? Is this a side story?" Asta wandered over to a person named Rocky.

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【Rocky seemed to be caught in a difficult choice: "Witty? No, better to be more affectionate. Elegant? Hmm, slang shouldn't be written into poetry."】

【Stelle walked over and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"】

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"This seems to be a side story. I remember this Rocky is…" Asta pondered for a moment.

"He's a researcher at our space station, I have some impression of him." a researcher said.

The person next to him nudged him and said: "No need to do this, right? It's just a side story anyway."

"Yeah, it's just the story of a researcher nearby, no need to know, right?"

"But I think, maybe it will be very interesting? I'll go take a look." But Asta was somewhat interested.

She didn't know what came over her, but she really wanted to try and see.

"Alright, since the station master thinks so, let's go and try it…"

Seeing Asta so interested, they couldn't dampen her enthusiasm.

"Hmm, I think this game is great everywhere, maybe the side story is also very interesting?" Asta persuaded them a bit more.

Su Chen, seeing this, reached out and took a pack of tissues from the side and walked over.

Then, he stood beside Asta.

Asta was puzzled, "What's wrong? Why are you giving me tissues?"

"I think you might need them in a moment." Su Chen said to her.

Heh heh, researchers, you still don't know what you are about to face!

What is about to appear is one of the most romantic side quests in Star Rail so far—To the Fading Star!

"Get ready, my points will definitely skyrocket in a moment!"

Su Chen said to himself secretly in his heart, and even made full preparations.