Chapter 271: The Massive Contrast in the Script! The Price of Aventurine Stones Skyrockets!
At the Reverie Hotel.
Stelle sighed to herself.
Who would have thought?
That Aventurine, who looked like a villain at the very beginning of the story…
Actually had such a turbulent and tragic backstory!
Love for his family…
A steadfast heart of Preservation…
It hit Stelle hard.
If she ran into Aventurine in reality again, she really wasn't sure she could bring herself to attack him!
Stelle felt conflicted.
She was just about to find March 7th to vent.
But she saw March 7th beside her holding her phone, on the Warp screen, her finger hovering over the [ Warp 10 ] option.
"March!"
"What are you doing!"
"Didn't we agree to save our pity for Miss Robin!"
March 7th immediately looked like a student called out in class.
She smiled guiltily.
"Haha… well, you see…"
"After finishing the story, I suddenly wanted to pull for Aventurine…"
Stelle put her hands on her hips and scolded her sternly: "Didn't you say Aventurine looked like a bad guy at first glance and that you wouldn't pull for him if he came to the banner?!"
"I remember you even made a specific post about it on the forum!"
March 7th looked enlightened: "I forgot all about that until you mentioned it~"
She glanced at the Warp screen.
For now, she suppressed the urge to pull for Aventurine.
She switched over to the "Honkai: Star Rail" game forum.
March 7th had indeed made a post.
[ If Aventurine enters the banner, is everyone planning to pull for him? ]
It was a poll post.
Posted at the beginning of the version.
Back then, Aventurine had already appeared.
He had performed a magic trick of making chips disappear and reappear in Stelle's room…
First was March 7th's own post.
[ I feel like this IPC envoy, Aventurine, has some major issues! He's always playing both sides, and he even snuck into Stelle's room! I HATE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW BOUNDARIES!!! ]
[ If Aventurine enters the banner, I am absolutely not pulling! ]
[ I won't even waste a single Special Pass! ]
Comments from players below:
[ Aventurine? Isn't he just a money-grubbing liar! ]
[ Agreed with the OP! I won't pull for anyone from the IPC except Topaz! I hate money-grubbing merchants the most… Aventurine is basically the poster boy for that image. ]
[ Not pulling, waiting for Acheron. ]
[ Hate frivolous people. ]
[ What a peacock, is he a clown or something… ]
[ Pulling percentage: 14% ]
Looking at the dates of the comments, March 7th suddenly realized something!
She clicked refresh.
A flood of fresh comments poured in!
[ It's Saturday, came back just to check this post. ]
[ The above comments only represent my feelings before seeing the story, coming here to correct them… I have been deeply captivated by this man, I feel like I've been living in his shadow… ]
[ I said I wouldn't pull for Aventurine before, now I think I was just being pretentious! ]
[ The story performance this time was too good! ]
[ What Aventurine! That is clearly my ill-fated brother! ]
[ Before the story: Want to see Aventurine get crushed. After the story: I got crushed myself. ]
[ Is the OP still here? I've already pulled 2+ 1 [Sunglasses] ]
[ Pulling percentage: 74% ]
Further down.
Many players were even posting their gacha results directly!
[ This is the true meaning of Preservation. ]
March 7th opened the image.
It was a screenshot of a ten-pull with two five-stars.
It was exactly [ Gepard ] and [ Aventurine ].
March 7th replied: "You are not allowed to play Honkai: Star Rail!"
[ Gambler! Sometimes you have to cheat a little, like saving up a hard pity. ]
[ Attached image: [Aventurine (New)] ]
"You really got to show off!"
She kept scrolling.
March 7th muttered to herself: "No way, no way…"
"Did you all pull him?"
"The drop rate is this high this time?"
Soon.
March 7th saw what she wanted to see.
[ I have nothing left, friends. ]
[ Attached image: Special Passes 0, Stellar Jade: 3 ]
[ There is no Aventurine in the Aventurine banner at all, I'm going to fight you people who have him! ]
[ Only by abandoning reason is it a true gamble! Attached image: Yanqing (E 4) ]
[ Play strong cards slowly! Pretending to be calm. Attached image: Welt (E 5) ]
[ The me who spent all my passes and didn't get him: Goodbye, Kakavasha. ]
[ May we meet again under the aurora of the rerun. ]
…
Browsing through the comments.
March 7th couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.
Although some of the players earlier had indeed pulled Aventurine as they wished.
But most people were not Aventurine himself, after all.
The final result was a disastrous loss!
"Alright… I can already see the scene where we both lose the 50/50 on our soft pity, and then impulsively spend real money."
"And then the Acheron banner starts, and we'll have to blow our monthly allowance again!"
"No way, absolutely not!"
"I've calmed down…"
"Let's wait and see for a while, check out Acheron's strength, and then decide which one to pull first."
Stelle nodded.
She felt secretly relieved.
Luckily, March 7th held back!
If March 7th had decided to pull, she definitely wouldn't have been able to resist joining in!
The final result would definitely be losing the 50/50 together.
This game is rigged for veterans!
It knows when you want to pull and only have enough for a soft pity, the probability of losing the 50/50 is as high as 99.99%!
Suddenly!
Stelle had a bold idea.
She poked March 7th.
"Is there a possibility…"
"Look at Aventurine over there."
"Let's have him pull for us!"
March 7th was stunned.
Then she showed a look of surprise.
"Wow!"
"You're a genius!"
"Tell Mr. Yang, let's find a chance to go over there!"
......
Hotel theater.
Even the players who were previously repulsed by the IPC had started pulling for Aventurine unconditionally.
Let alone the employees of the Strategic Investment Department like them!
They felt both moved and proud!
They wanted to take their annual performance bonuses and top up to pull for him.
In the front row.
Topaz's gaze lingered on Aventurine's skill preview screen.
She sighed: "Aventurine's skills… as a sustain unit for a follow-up attack team, it's just so adaptable and harmonious."
"Looks like my team with Dr. Ratio can get another upgrade."
"People in our company are pretty good at follow-up attacks, haha…"
She looked at Jade.
Topaz thought.
Judging by Jade's style, she would probably be the first to max out an E6S5 Aventurine.
However.
To her surprise.
Jade didn't open her game to pull for Aventurine like she did.
Instead, she was checking the backend prices of various commodities on the Interastral Peace Trading website!
"Wow! Ms. Jade, are you really that dedicated?"
"Still working at a time like this?"
Jade smiled slightly.
She clicked on a line of items.
And showed it to Topaz.
"This is a batch of aventurine I stockpiled the moment I could…"
"Of course, not the Cornerstone held by Aventurine, but the most common aventurine circulating on the market."
"Because Aventurine's popularity has skyrocketed, sales of real-life aventurine will definitely surge, potentially even causing a severe price premium."
"So I made my move."
"Bought low in advance and had it processed."
"I believe this will be a decent profit."
Topaz was stunned!
While they were all focused on pulling in the game, Ms. Jade had already started cornering the market on aventurine?
And at this moment.
Just as Jade had predicted.
The market price of the aventurine commodity in the backend began to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The red numbers kept changing.
As if they were gradually igniting flames.
About to show a prairie fire!
Brilliant!
Absolutely brilliant!
As expected of Ms. Jade!
The road she still had to travel was very long indeed…