Mo Li had been thinking ahead: once the main story hit Chapter 26, he'd slot in a side episode about Otto—back before he ever became Overseer of Schicksal.
In the manga, Otto did cross-dress.
But looking at things now…
Mo Li was already debating whether to tweak that bit.
If he changed it, a lot of the fun would vanish.
If he didn't… would the girls misunderstand—and assume he had a cross-dressing kink?
That would be such a wronged man's fate…
…
Online, thanks to Eden's Weibo post and Elysia~'s cheeky comment beneath it, the "Otto in a dress" meme was catching fire.
Short-video platforms and Bilibili were awash with edits—Valkyrie bodies with Otto's face pasted on top…
Watching "Otto" with a woman's figure had netizens cackling.
Mo Li, personally, didn't feel much about it.
It was just that Himeko and Yae Miko kept shoving those clips at him to tease, which gave him a headache.
The meme-heat finally cooled only when the new Honkai Impact 3rd patch dropped.
For a simple reason:
The long-awaited Elysian Realm was finally live.
Besides the Realm, there was also a new side story for Durandal.
But compared with that, players were clearly more curious about the Realm.
So the first thing countless players did upon logging in was bee-line straight for Elysian Realm.
At the same time, Elysia's livestream room filled up like a tide.
Sadly, this time around, neither Elysia nor Eden hit the "Go Live" button.
Kiana seemed tired of streaming too, so she didn't plan to open a room.
As for Himeko—say no more.
With how often she'd appeared, the holy, untouchable aura she once had in players' minds had dulled… but her online popularity now rivaled B-list celebrities.
Worldwide name recognition, at that.
Envy-worthy, to say the least.
…
Right now, a Doyin channel called "Fallen" had packed in a massive crowd.
He used to be a single-player-games guy, but after trying Honkai 3rd once on stream, he fell head-over-heels.
A few Honkai streams later, his viewership ballooned.
These days, whenever he streamed Honkai or Genshin, he held steady at 10k+ viewers.
On Doyin, that made him a proper big streamer.
"Brothers! Update's done—charge!"
Fallen deftly typed in his login.
The elevator on the main screen rose slowly, the display dimmed.
He knew what that meant: the customary post-patch preview reel.
It would outline the new story and show off the version's new battlesuit.
Hype spiked sky-high.
Back in "Otto's Lecture: Special Edition," Elysia had already introduced herself.
Even so, every player still craved this version's PV.
After the miHoYologo glided by, big characters faded in:
"Immaculate Elysium" — Promotional PV
The opening shot: a field of pink crystals, a gorgeous bow lying quietly among them.
A music-box melody tip-toed in, tinkling like glass chimes.
Then the Elysian Realm unfurled before everyone's eyes, with Elysia's sweet narration lilting over it:
"I'll always be here, lighting the way ahead for you~"
At that voice, the bullet comments erupted—full screen of [Elysia~~].
Mei's silhouette flickered past, then Sakura's.
"Miss Mei, do flowers like these still exist in this era?"
Airy piano lines hinted at a curious, otherworldly mode, as if tugging players toward a serene, sun-dappled sanctuary.
Eden's peerless profile flashed for a heartbeat.
"This is our world—our paradise~"
She sat at a grand piano; in the sunset, her poise looked almost sacred.
The chat went feral.
Fallen howled along with them.
"Wait—does this mean Eden's character card is dropping this patch too?!"
Before he could read the chat's speculation, the music snapped—into a soaring symphonic blaze.
Like a pre-battle anthem, it yanked every eye back to the screen.
"Hello, test subject… welcome back to reality~"
With the thunder of the score, cuts flew past—nobody fully understood them, but the vibe screamed epic.
Until Elysia's voice floated in again:
"For such dazzling blossoms~ I'll grant you a radiant blessing~"
Elysia's key visual appeared.
The pink fairy's perfect lines had hearts popping like cartoon hearts.
A trumpet blared, and the PV slammed on-beat cuts of Elysia's action shots—viewers' pulses spiked.
Then the violin entered—and half the chat shivered.
[??? Holy—]
[6666 this track… instant goosebumps!]
[Aaaaah—so impish, so mysterious!!]
[Mihuyou, you absolute legends…]
[My brain just detonated—]
[They're killing it again!!!]
["Music Company," title well-earned!]
[This music fits Elysia too well. I'm in love.]
[Mihuyou's music has never let me down.]
[PV quality still rock solid! Never change, Mihuyou!]
[Heard Otto the dog-thief handled the music… gotta admit, the thief's talented.]
[If he can collab with Eden, how could the level be low?]
[Just… incredible.]
That violin line played right on their heartstrings.
If "Lost Expectation"'s violin sang pure elegance, then Elysia's PV theme was playful and mysterious.
At the instant the strings sang, two words bloomed in everyone's mind: "pink elf."
Meanwhile, the drums and bass lent punch to every attack cut.
Elysia danced like a sprite; the music narrated how a sprite could be both adorable and irresistible.
Universal respect.
A track this explosive and this perfectly matched to Elysia—
You could imagine the brain cells sacrificed to create it.
Millions sighed from the heart: miHoYoreally put their soul into this one.
…
On screen, Elysia blew a kiss toward the camera, then winked: "A flower for you~~"
An arrow loosed.
Not only male players—female players felt their hearts get sniped too.
The "Pink Auntie" meme's charm, truly, spared no one.
"Let's do something fun~"
With that teasing line, the Immaculate Canopy blossomed wide—
The whole frame drenched in shades of pink.
（…send flowers to the stream…）
"Brotheeers!!" Fallen clutched his chest like he needed emergency pills.
"I can't—Elysia just shot me through the heart… I'm dying…"
[Same here—my ears got KO'd by the music too]
[Aaaaah… Elysia!!]
[Quit yapping—LOG IN! PULL TIME!]
[Real talk: the way Elysia talks is exactly how she is~~]
[Mihuyou's casting is god-tier QAQ]
[I hereby pledge eternal simphood to Elysia aaah…]
[You won't get to, pal—Elysia belongs to Eden (QAQ)]
[Elysia × Eden—my ship sails itself!]
[Streamer stop stalling. Pull! Pull for Elysia!]
After playing dead for a beat, Fallen straightened up.
One click, and the screen kindly whisked him to the gacha banner.
He didn't hesitate—slammed a few ¥648 bundles.
"Brothers, I might not be able to whale to SSS, but a single-S clear is no problem."
The chat flooded him at once.
[Trash streamer, you don't deserve to be Elysia's fan! (angry)]
[Bro Fallen… Elysia's character card can be redeemed in the War Treasury…]
[If a free-to-grind unit can't tempt you to SSS, are you handing all your earnings to your wife? Henpecked much? (滑稽)]
Fallen blinked at the lines.
"What?!! You mean this cute, gorgeous Elysia is actually free-to-grind?!"
"Bruh! Mihuyou, do you not want to make money?!"
He bailed out of the banner and scrolled the War Shop.
…Turns out, yes—you could indeed redeem her for free.
Bullet comments rolled by in waves of [so kind-hearted].
If it were "Penguin Games," characters as popular as Elysia and Eden would 100% be locked behind gacha only—probably with a nerfed rate, too.
But Mihuyou… actually made her free to obtain.
And the PV, the music, the design… all perfect.
They were basically sacrificing cash for goodwill.
Players felt bewildered—and deeply moved.
"Say no more, brothers!"
"For this act of pure kindness, I'm buying a few more 648s!"
"No—straight to SSS!"
He hammered ten-pull after ten-pull.
Twenty minutes later, Elysia was SSS and done.
To everyone's surprise—
Her drop rate hadn't felt stingy at all.
"Mihuyou… truly doesn't know how to make money," Fallen sighed, pumping levels into Elysia's stigmata and bow.
[Right, right, can't make money…]
[Those dozens of 648s you just shoved in aren't money, huh?]
[Lmao "doesn't know how to earn," yet you just dropped over 30k.]
[Mihuyou: Yes, yes, we're totally going bankrupt.]
The chat gleefully memed it up.
Fallen, ever the showman, leaned in.
"Exactly!!"
He slapped his thigh with sudden enlightenment.
"Oh no, brothers!!"
"I've been PUA'd by Mihuyou!!"
[Not KFC?]
[You mean NBA?]
[Bunch of illiterates—that's called CPU!]
…
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