Honkai: Star Rail: From the Start, Studied by Herta and Hunting for Treasure Through Star Gates

Lu Huai transmigrates into Honkai: Star Rail with nothing but a fountain pen and an enamel mug. The pen can analyze anything, while the mug can refill endlessly with black coffee that knocks him out as soon as he finishes it. Herta treats him like a lab rat and throws him into the Fragmentum to feed the monsters. At death's door, he downs the coffee in one gulp and tumbles into a Curio Corridor, where billions of Aeons' eyes stare at him in unison: “Collect curios and hand them over. Your delusions, we shall make reality.” Herta immediately changes her tune. “The Curio Aeon? I'll take charge of this project.” She kicks him through a bullet door and sends him to Jarilo-VI, slipping him a Synesthesia Beacon along the way. On the ice field, he finds a corpse and a letter bearing Seele's name. Herta glances down at her phone. “Pulling out the Stellaron won't save this planet. People dying is normal.” Lu Huai clenches the letter. “The hell it is.” A kid from the underground city steals the envelope and opens it on the spot. Hook stares at the photo, stunned. Herta gives him a sidelong look. “Trying to win me over? Find the Curio first.” Clutching half a letter, Lu Huai walks into the coal dust of Boulder Town, then glances back at Herta. “Win you over? First, I'll play the good guy for you.” This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.