Create a game called "Collapse Iron," where the entire universe is the player.

The preview live stream continues.

After the PV finished playing, the screen switched back to the studio.

With a professional, radiant smile, Jimi began his classic opening line: "Regardless of whether your planet or world has the concept of 'day and night,' good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! I'm your favorite host—Jimi!"

"Welcome to the special preview program for Honkai Impact 1.2 version – 'The Crown of Mediocrity and Gods'!"

The camera zooms out, and in the guest seating area next to Jimi, three adorable chibi-style figures sit side by side. From left to right, they are: the impatient-looking Big Black Tower (with a pointed hat), the elegant Ruan Mei sipping tea, and the gentle-smiling Screw Gum.

"Today, our program is very fortunate to have three distinguished guests!" Jimi introduced enthusiastically, "They are from the 'Genius Club'—Ms. Big Black Tower! Mr. Screw Gum! and, the protagonist of this gacha pool, Ms. Ruan Mei!"

As he introduced it, only the chibi version of ScrewGumm stood up slightly, took off his top hat, and gave an impeccable gentlemanly bow towards the camera, his actions adorable.

Ruan Mei, however, remained quietly holding her teacup, sipping her tea slowly, as if everything around her was irrelevant, immersed in her own world.

The Great Black Tower, with one hand supporting its chin, seemed to still be pondering the PV from earlier, extremely displeased that its territory had been disrupted, and completely ignored Jimi's introduction and camera shots.

The inaction of these two "geniuses" perfectly matched the players' understanding built up through the game's plot and background story. Not only was no one angry, but the comments section felt that it was exactly what they wanted.

Jimi's smile remained unchanged, but inwardly he was sweating bullets: This team is going to be tough to manage...

He didn't dare delay and quickly moved on to the next segment: "Ahem! Okay! So, according to the information that can be made public at present: Ms. Ruan Mei has officially requisitioned a previously closed module of the Black Tower Space Station—the 'confined module' that everyone just saw in the PV—for a highly classified life science research project!"

The background screen switches to a structural perspective view of the confined compartments, showing an exceptionally vast and complex area with upper, middle, and lower levels.

The Great Black Tower finally snapped out of his reverie. Upon hearing the words "confined compartment," a question mark bubble appeared above his head: "Confined compartment? I remember that place was abandoned a long time ago?"

Ruan Mei, who had been quietly drinking tea, trembled almost imperceptibly in the hand holding the teacup, causing a slight ripple in the tea.

But she quickly regained her composure and continued drinking her tea as if nothing had happened.

This subtle action was keenly observed by the two geniuses beside him.

The bubble above the giant black tower's head turned into an exclamation mark: "Huh?!"

An emoticon appeared above ScrewGumm's head: "(´・ω・)？"

Jimi pretended not to notice the guests' subtle interaction and continued the process: "Uh... yes. And according to what we know, the main story of this 1.2 version will take place in this area."

"It seems that due to one of Ms. Nguyen Mai's 'secret research's events, a little... 'accident' occurred."

He looked at Nguyen Mai: "Furthermore, on Ms. Black Tower's recommendation, Ms. Nguyen Mai wishes to invite our 'Pioneer' to serve as her temporary assistant to help her deal with this trouble."

The Big Black Tower (turning its gaze to Ruan Mei, its chibi-style expression serious): "Hey, Ruan Mei. What kind of 'experiment' were you doing in that abandoned section of the ship?"

Ruan Mei (puts down her teacup, her chibi-style expression calm and composed): "It's just... a very ordinary little research project. I'll handle it myself later."

Big Black Tower (arms crossed): "That would be best. Just don't leave any trouble on my space station."

Nguyen Mai (nodding slightly): "Mm."

The viewers in the live chat were watching and discussing the drama.

"Life science research... being conducted on a space station? That seems a bit dangerous! Is Ms. Ruan Mei perhaps a 'biochemical madwoman'?"

"Upstairs, what's with studying life sciences! Everyone should study 'Interstellar Civil Engineering'! After graduation, you'll go straight to the infrastructure department of the Interstellar Peace Corporation and contribute to the great development of the universe!"

"What geniuses call ordinary research or minor accidents... but for us mortals, they'd probably be world-ending crises, wouldn't they?"

"I don't care! As long as the Starry Sky rewards are plentiful after the update, enough for me to draw Ruan Mei!"

"Speaking of which, the official announcement said there would be some amazing perks during the livestream, right? Hurry up and bring them out! I can't wait!"

……

(Minghuo Official Residence)

Inside a hall with a somber and ornate style, seemingly somewhere between reality and a dream.

A woman with a mysterious and beautiful aura, wearing a white pointed hat, named Constantine (the woman in the white pointed hat), is watching this preview live broadcast alone.

There was no one else around; it was empty and quiet.

Her gaze lingered on it, but her thoughts wandered deeper, and she murmured to herself, a hint of barely perceptible worry and anticipation in her voice: "The producer behind this 'game,' Lin Lin..."

"Since it can touch the edge of 'the end' to some extent... perhaps it can become... a hope to break the deadlock?"

However, the thought of that supreme being brought a bitter smile to her stunningly beautiful face.

Being targeted by Him is definitely not a good thing!

Let's talk about it another time!

......

(Starry Sky Train, observation car.)

The live broadcast was continuing, but a small incident occurred inside the train carriage.

Chang Yeyue had somehow reached the carriage door. With a cold expression, she opened the train door and casually tossed something out. The object quickly disappeared into the void of space.

Lin Lin, who was standing nearby, noticed her actions and asked curiously, "What is it?"

Chang Yeyue clapped her hands, as if brushing away non-existent dust, her tone as indifferent as if she were saying the weather was nice: "Nothing, just an annoying mirror."

After speaking, she did not return to her seat, but stood quietly in place with her eyes slightly closed.

An invisible and intangible "mysterious power," which everyone in the carriage could vaguely sense, quietly spread out from her center, like the most precise scanning wave, carefully "inspecting" the entire carriage.

A moment later, she opened her eyes and, after confirming that there were no unusual "peeping" or "memory" remnants, she seemed to truly relax and slowly walked back to sit down next to March 7.

Lin Lin watched her actions, thoughtfully stroked his chin, and repeated softly, "Mirror..."

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned his gaze to the corner of the carriage, where decorative green plants were placed.

He walked over and asked in a tone tinged with doubt and uncertainty:

"Has anyone watered this plant?"

Everyone: "..."