Honkai: Star Rail: Is This Really the Right Way to Become a Legend?

[A female-oriented novel with two male leads, everyone pursuing the bottom; melodramatic with heavy OOC]

Yan Zhi never imagined he’d end up transmigrating, of all things. If he could do it over, he would never have agreed to play a game on his younger sister’s behalf.

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“So all I need is enough fame points, right?” the pale, weak-looking boy asked.

The ball floating in the air replied, [Yes. As long as the Host reaches the required number of fame points.]

Yan Zhi raised a hand and flashed a peace sign. It was just a matter of grinding stats. He could handle that!

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Yan Zhi was wholly focused on grinding fame points. When he turned around, he found his best friends looking at him with complicated expressions.

Completely unaware of what was going on, Yan Zhi asked, “Do you guys want to do good deeds too?”

As soon as he said it, he saw their expressions grow even more complicated.

Yan Zhi: ???

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Xianzhou arc

Yan Zhi leaned against his childhood friend as they listened to everyone discuss the Abominations of Abundance. He figured nothing was better for earning fame points than fighting the Abominations of Abundance. But why did it have to end with tears?

“Shh, don’t listen. Someone is lying.”

Penacony arc

Diligent as ever, Yan Zhi tried to become an all-around talent to earn fame points. But for some reason, whenever he saw his childhood friends, a faint sadness lingered in their eyes.

“There is no death in the dream world.”

Amphoreus arc

Although he felt like he’d already made this decision countless times, Yan Zhi, with his gift of foresight, firmly believed nothing mattered more than saving the world. So why had everything started going wrong?

“You will witness the end in the folds of time, and sleep in paradox.”