Honkai: Star Rail: Opening a Milk Tea Shop for the Aeons and Outwitting Aha

The Astral Express arrives at Amphoreus, where a dead city awaits them. The streets, plazas, and spaces beneath the eaves are packed with golden human-shaped statues. Herta’s projection suddenly appears, her eyes feverish. “This isn’t a disaster. It’s a logical process that formats living beings into a baseline state.”

She sends over a “Foundation Stone” from the Builders’ ruins, raising a barrier of order to temporarily hold off the assimilation. Then she attempts to hack the source of the signal, the Iron Tomb. The next second, Herta’s projection twists violently, and her scream cuts off. The liquid glow at the heart of the barrier turns dark gold, and a figure combining Herta’s appearance with the Iron Tomb’s will slowly emerges:

“The old order is void. I am Emperor III. Surrender the star charts and join the Empire, or be purged.”

The golden legions drop to one knee in unison, and Amphoreus is forged into a war factory. The Express races into space, where a distress signal from Xianzhou Yaoqing comes over the communicator. The Imperial fleet is devouring the Jade Gate. Jing Yuan’s projection appears in the middle of the carriage, his brow furrowed:

“The Xianzhou needs allies. Which side are you on?”

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.