Gather Around! The Golden Grand Hotel

At the far end of the western winds, there's a mysterious restaurant tucked away in a corner.

No matter who you are or what your status is, whether you're human or not, once you step through the restaurant's doors, the chefs and servers will do everything they can to satisfy your taste buds and make you let out an involuntary "Oh-ho!"

Because they have the best manager and staff in the entire universe

*Head Chef, [All-World Wok] Bai E

A warm, cheerful country boy, talented in many fields. He invented the dish "onion omelet rice," a perfect match for his unusual aesthetic. He's unquestionably the "Greek god of purple and yellow color schemes."

He runs the "E or Not?" delivery platform and is always making surprise appearances at various movie sets under an unassuming identity, taking on high-profile rescue missions as the team's star. Everyone calls him their "savior."

He rubs shoulders with sorcerers, chats and laughs with undercover agents from the liquor company, and gets along famously with great demons...

Just when everyone thinks this is a slice-of-life series

On the day the apocalypse arrives, the man everyone jokingly calls their savior sheds his gentle facade. In a fury, he spreads dazzling, godlike wings, and the chill between his brows makes the heavens and earth tremble.

With a wave of his hand, he orders a meteor to tear through the clouds, trailing a long fiery tail as it crashes down on enemies who have brought doom upon themselves.

The people who see their familiar friend showing off: Wait, who is that handsome guy?

*Sous-Chef, [Heaven's Wrath Spatula] Wandi

A rich kid from a family with a throne to inherit, he's both best friend and archenemy to the man above. Apart, they're each a king; together, no one can say how much intelligence they have.

He also develops new dishes, and he's the only ruthless person willing to taste Chef Xiadie's dark cuisine. He once declared, "What doesn't kill me only makes my stomach stronger."

But when his secret identity is exposed, everyone is stunned: the six-foot-three hard man who can knock someone out with one punch is actually a cat-meme influencer with millions of followers in his private life?!

Wandi occasionally mumbles in Xianfengese to cover his embarrassment (socially deceased): ...HKS.

*Manager, [Hand of the Underworld River] Xiadie

Burdened by a curse of death, she cannot touch living creatures directly. The dishes she makes are often nearly impossible to swallow, yet she has unexpectedly won the love and approval of certain nonhuman beings.

In her spare time, the girl especially loves to write. After studying the local literary classics in depth, she penned a series of well-loved stories. Her published works include:

The Savior Is Ridiculously Strong, Yet Overly Cautious

Welcome to the Kitchen of the Elite

About Me Reincarnating as an Ordinary Person

The Angel Once Visited E's Stomach

Xiadie: "Sorry, I didn't write the last one..."

Wandi: "Why are you looking at me? I didn't write it either."

There's also Fengjin, a server skilled at fulfilling any customer request; Cipher, the lightning-fast delivery driver; Aglaea, the generous investor; Anaxa, the two head chefs' strictest mentor; Tizok, the great gourmet with thousands of different tastes; and the pink-haired beauty who appears at random all over the restaurant...

A little restaurant, full of hidden talent!

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And when a corner of the world's curtain is ruthlessly torn away, and the boundary between truth and illusion is torn open once more, the schemes of various forces slowly come to light: [Destruction], [Enigmata], [Finality], [Remembrance], [Erudition]...

Who will venture out of the cave with their companions, reach for the sky, and seize that cruel fate?

"I still vaguely remember giving up all my Kindling to the me of the next cycle, so who are you...?"

[Hello, Neikos496-1, or rather... Mr. Bai E. I'm a kind passerby who brought your copy data out of Amphoreus, and I currently serve as your personal System.]

"Then answer me: where is this?"

[You're in a new world. To help you adapt to this world's foundational code, I've assigned you a new character from a script. Once you've gathered enough Trailblaze Power, your companions will be able to appear in this world and return with you to your homeland, Amphoreus.]

"...Wait, if I remember correctly, the script you're using, The Golden Grand Hotel, doesn't Xiadie still have to write the ending?"

[Isn't that perfect? [Trailblaze] means following the unfinished road left by those who came before and going farther than they ever did. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. You can call me Akivili.]

Traveler awakened in a foreign land, They gift you a verse of wisdom:

Those who bear the burdens of all must not travel dangerous roads alone;

Those who cry out for all must not fall silent in the cold night;

Those who chase the flame for all must not remain in darkness in the depths of the abyss.

Hero who saves the world, Khaslana,

When the shrill bells of the apocalypse ring out, your roar is like a blazing sun. You burn away everything that shackles living creatures, drive a Realm Anchor into the false earth, and send the blood of the gods falling like stars, until at last you Trailblaze a brand-new dawn!

Reading Guide:

1. No CP, male lead Bai E. An ensemble cast, with a passionate, heroic, business-building story and a modern-day Chrysos Heirs AU.

2. The story will feature many anime series, but won't involve their original plots, so you can read without worrying about them. The crossover setting includes original elements. The Honkai: Star Rail universe and Astral Express Crew will join later, with Caelus as the Trailblazer.

3. The blurb may be adjusted based on future Amphoreus plot developments, but the core premise won't change.

4. A screenshot of the blurb was taken on 2025.8.9.

Theme: Chasing the flame