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Faced with this massive influx of traffic, live streaming platforms have also been actively engaged.

Almost all the top Honkai Impact 3rd streamers worked overtime on the night the preview livestream ended, analyzing Herrscher of the Void's combat demonstration frame by frame.

We'll break it down step by step, from attack modules to passive skills to QTE trigger conditions.

Some have calculated that the Herrscher of the Void's base attack power multiplied by the number of units far exceeds that of all existing S-rank characters.

Some people have noticed that a skill icon for a new support character appears in a very short frame window during the ultimate skill animation.

Some people even found three hidden Easter eggs in the ruins of the PV background.

A broken picture frame, a charred diary, and a small red flower that remained intact in the cracks of the ruins.

Players posted screenshots of the little red flower on the forum.

Some say it corresponds to the "mysterious gift" that Himeko is about to give.

Some speculate that it represents Kiana's last shred of humanity.

Someone even started a thread with their own creative ideas.

"It is known that Himeko will send gifts to all players in version 3.0. The official statement said it was to celebrate Kiana's growth. The main storyline of this version is to fight against Herrscher-level enemies. I'm guessing that Himeko's gift is related to the Herrscher of the Void's storyline."

This analysis post has over eighty replies, with the most liked comment being...

"Good analysis, well-reasoned and supported by evidence. Himeko's gift must be something heartwarming."

The fan fiction community is naturally not idle either.

Less than twelve hours after the preview livestream ended, more than two hundred fan art images of Herrscher of the Void had been uploaded to Pixiv and major domestic fan art platforms.

The art style ranges from epic, thick-painted designs to cute, chibi-style ones.

A nine-square grid comparing Kiana's evolution from White Comet to Herrscher of the Void;

Herrscher of the Void and Mei fight back to back;

The three starter Pokémon stand side by side in the setting sun.

Another talented artist created a comic strip titled "What if Herrscher of the Void joined the Land of Light's steamed bun shop?"

Kong Lu used the Void Spear to skewer buns, making him ten times more efficient than ordinary shop assistants, and was retained by the shop manager as a full-time employee.

Yang Qian was eating breakfast in her office when she saw this comic strip, and she almost spat her soy milk onto her keyboard.

He forwarded the comic strip to the internal work group of the Land of Light, with only three words in his message: "Talented, find him for me."

Offline, the physical stores of the Land of Light also took advantage of the pre-launch hype.

On the most prominent shelf next to the checkout counter at Guangzhi Youxuan Supermarket.

The Q-version acrylic standee of Herrscher of the Void has now stood alongside the Phoenix alloy model and the Spark Lens keychain.

They became the three pillars of the "New Products Zone of the Land of Light".

The Land of Light themed restaurant has launched a limited-time Herrscher set meal.

The main course is a "Dark Collapse Pasta" made with black squid ink pasta, served with a bright red "Airy Special Drink".

The dessert was a chocolate bar with a chibi version of Kiana's face printed on it.

The package includes a random design of a Honkai Impact 3rd character foil card. There are nine designs in total, with Herrscher of the Void being a hidden design with a drop rate of only one percent.

Some players have already shared their achievements of eating three Herrscher meals in a row on social media.

"I'd be willing to become Ryoko for the sake of the hidden model."

During this information-overloaded pre-launch period, reviews from various gaming media outlets have been published one after another.

Game Research Society published a long article.

From 1.0 to 3.0, what did Honkai Impact 3rd do right?

The article mentions the visceral action system design, the gorgeous CG performance, and the Land of Light's unique strategy of giving away massive amounts of freebies.

The entire internet is eagerly anticipating it.

The discussion thread for version 3.0 of Baidu Tieba has reached 20,000 posts.

The Honkai Impact 3rd section of NGA has consistently ranked first in terms of the number of posts for a week.

Players spontaneously organized a "3.0 version first day speedrun competition", with more than 300 teams signing up.

Even casual gamers who don't play games much have been swept up in this craze.

A film and television blogger who never touches mobile games posted a Weibo post.

"I keep seeing this white-haired female character on my homepage lately. What's her name? Why is she so popular? Should I get into her?"

Two thousand replies flooded the comment section within half an hour.

"Her name is Kiana, you can call her Paramecium for now. She will become a very powerful queen. You won't regret getting into the game. The Land of Light game gives you so many free 10-pulls that you'll feel bad if you don't spend money."

The blogger was convinced and downloaded the app that very night.

Amidst the jubilation and anticipation, the Land of Light Studio was unusually quiet.

No one knows the true contents of version 3.0 better than them, and no one understands it better than them.

When players actually enter that version and eagerly open the "mysterious gift" sent by Himeko, what will their reaction be?

Animation Department.

Colorist Qingqing repeatedly switched between two versions of the same shot on two screens.

These were all Himeko's last smiles.

One is warm-toned, and after post-processing, a soft light was added, making the curve of the corners of the mouth look like a sense of relief;

One was cool-toned, without soft lighting, and the corners of the mouth had the same curve, but it looked more like fatigue.

Qingqing had been sitting there for half an hour, switching back and forth, while Zhao Rui, who was carrying a late-night snack, had also been forced to watch for half an hour as he passed by.

Finally, he couldn't take it anymore.

"Just pick one, no matter which one you use, you'll get yelled at and cried on Wednesday night."

Qingqing didn't even turn her head: "I'm sure I'll get scolded, but I have to live up to Himeko's expectations for this scene."

Zhao Rui remained silent for a moment, then stopped eating his late-night snack and moved a chair to sit down next to him to watch.

Yang Qian's office lights stayed on until the early hours of the morning.

A document lay open on the desk.

This is the player sentiment monitoring plan for the first day of the 3.0 version of "Honkai Impact 3rd". It is a thick stack of plans, with more than a dozen different response plans for different public opinion scenarios.

My phone screen lit up; it was a message from the head of the publicity department.

"Director Yang, here's a summary of the data across all platforms for the first week of the 3.0 pre-launch campaign: the keyword #HonkaiWorld3.0# has garnered over 500 million impressions across the entire network, the #SkyDescent# topic has reached 320 million views, and pre-downloads have surpassed all previous versions' records for the same period."

"Currently, the player sentiment index shows an expectation rate of 93% and a positive evaluation rate of 96%."

Yang Qian glanced at the message for a few seconds, then said, "Understood."

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There's only one day left until the official 3.0 update.

The entire internet is counting down, and players' expectations are at their peak.