This voice…
It was completely different from the Su Luo they remembered.
Less gentle, more majestic, filled with an undeniable sense of command.
Just hearing this voice would make one unconsciously tense up all over.
"Su Luo, your voice…" Theresa felt a shiver run down her spine, from her heels to the crown of her head—it was the pressure of an apex predator.
"My voice?"
Su Luo seemed to be enjoying himself, even improvising a line, "Theresa, my lovely granddaughter~~ What's wrong with my voice?"
"Who's your granddaughter…!"
"Well, this is just the script."
Su Luo's voice quickly returned to its original state. He smiled and asked the others, "Otto Apocalypse's voice, what do you all think?"
"Very fitting. It perfectly matches the image of Lord Bishop Otto in my mind," Rita praised.
Durandal, after thinking for a moment, replied, "Hmm… This voice sounds very authoritative. It should be enough to satisfy the players' fantasies about Bishop Otto. I believe this will do."
After saying this, she glanced at the noisy voice acting room, her brow furrowing slightly. Then, with a serious expression, she reminded him,
"Su Luo, I actually wanted to say this earlier. It's working hours now. It's very improper for you to indulge everyone in slacking off like this."
"..."
"Please think carefully. If everyone gets used to laziness, it will be very difficult to change back." Durandal's expression was the epitome of seriousness.
"I know."
"Please don't brush this off."
"Ahem."
Faced with the overly serious Durandal, Su Luo could only cough dryly twice and shoot the others a meaningful look.
"Everyone, let's prepare to start voice acting. Our workload is quite heavy recently."
"Yes!" chorused several voices.
…
…
Despite how much the girls had just been grumbling about the new script, when it came to voice acting, they didn't hold back in the slightest; in fact, they got incredibly into it.
They insisted on dragging Su Luo into working overtime late into the night.
The new main story plot was just too sweet!
They wanted the players to experience such a sweet plot as soon as possible.
Late at night, the world was still.
Su Luo was the last to leave the miHoYo studio. He took out his phone, which he had deliberately turned off so as not to disturb the voice acting, only to find over a dozen missed calls.
They were all from the same phone number.
"Don't recognize it."
Su Luo carefully recalled his predecessor's memories; the predecessor didn't have any particularly close people. "But to call so many times, I should probably call back and see."
He tried dialing the number.
Ring ring~~
It only rang a few times before the other party picked up.
"Hello? This is Su Luo. May I ask who this is?"
"Mr. Su, hello. I am Li Yue, the general director of Penguin Games." A steady, middle-aged male voice came from the other end of the line.
"Penguin Games?"
Su Luo recalled the shady dealings of Penguin from his previous life, and his brow couldn't help but furrow. "May I ask what you're calling me about?"
"Well… I'll get straight to the point. Mr. Su, are you interested in joining Penguin Games?"
Li Yue didn't beat around the bush. "We can offer you very generous terms."
"Me, join?" Su Luo walked to the window at the end of the corridor, gazing out at the night. "Are you sure you don't mean you want to acquire miHoYo… or perhaps, Honkai Impact 3rd?"
"Honkai Impact 3rd is one aspect. On the other hand, I personally place more value on your abilities, Mr. Su."
Li Yue was exceptionally polite, his words even filled with sincerity and admiration.
He genuinely believed Honkai Impact 3rd was incredible, and he also genuinely believed that Su Luo, who could develop Honkai Impact 3rd, was ultimately, invincibly, super f***ing brilliant.
"I believe that without you, there simply would be no Honkai Impact 3rd."
"You're too kind. Honkai Impact 3rd is the result of the collective effort of all miHoYo employees. I merely played a coordinating role," Su Luo replied calmly.
Li Yue sensed Su Luo's current lack of enthusiasm. "It seems Mr. Su isn't interested in my proposal?"
Su Luo gazed at the fading city lights, shadows partially obscuring his face, revealing only the smiling corner of his mouth.
"You may not understand, but the people at miHoYo are irreplaceable."
"Then, in that case… I apologize for disturbing you." Li Yue remained very polite even after being rejected.
Su Luo put down his phone after ending the call, muttering to himself, "Penguin is actually capable of being so polite?"
After all, Penguin's reputation wasn't exactly stellar.
In truth, it was just Li Yue who was rather polite; his personal conduct shouldn't be attributed to the entire corporation.
The proof was…
Meanwhile, on the other side.
A well-furnished apartment with three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom.
Kiana, Mei, and Bronya lived together.
Bronya, wearing an apron, stood before the stove.
"Add the diced beef and the previously chopped potatoes to the pot. Wait for the water to boil, then add some salt. After that, reduce to low heat."
Having done all this, she placed the lid on the pot.
"Next, standby for thirty minutes."
She picked up her phone, which was placed nearby, and first took a moment to check miHoYo's official Weibo account.
Many players, having caught wind of the news, were flooding it with questions.
[Can you reveal a little about the new main story content?]
[President Su already said Honkai Impact 3rd is a healthy and positive game. Surely, the protagonist group will just be having fun and laughing all the way through after this.]
[Wow! That scene sounds too wonderful! When the new main story and new characters are out, I'm going to whale like crazy!]
Bronya blinked. Honestly, she was starting to worry about Su Luo's personal safety.
Once the new main story is out, he won't get jumped by angry players, will he?
Lost in thought, she exited Weibo.
Buzz~~
A message suddenly arrived from an acquaintance she hadn't contacted in years.
Back when she had just graduated and was job hunting, she had added many HR personnel from various companies. Too lazy to delete them, she had kept them all.
Penguin HR: [Hello, this is Penguin HR.]
Bronya: [Sorry, not interested.]
Penguin HR: ???
He hadn't even said anything yet!
He couldn't afford to continue with pleasantries and had to get straight to the point.
Penguin HR: [As long as you're willing to come to Penguin, we're prepared to offer double miHoYo's compensation package.]
Penguin was a massive corporation with numerous internal factions, unlike Li Yue, the director of the game development department.
Some people there believed they could just do as they had before: directly poach the other party's programmer, then create a knock-off version of Honkai Impact 3rd, and subsequently leverage their own channel advantages to crush the original.
Bronya: [Sorry, not interested.]
Penguin HR: [You will undoubtedly have better development prospects and a broader platform if you come to Penguin.]
Bronya: [Sorry, not interested.]
Penguin HR: […]
Penguin HR: [Are you really not going to consider it?]
However, the system popped up with a friendly reminder: Message failed to send. The recipient is not accepting your messages.
Penguin HR: …
Had he been blocked?
And after Bronya blacklisted the person from Penguin.
Kiana pushed open the kitchen's sliding door and poked her head in.
"Bronya, you suddenly said you were making dinner today. Is everything alright?"
"It'll be ready soon."
Bronya looked at the simmering pot, at Kiana craning her neck curiously beside her, and at Mei, who was smiling at them from the living room behind Kiana.
She liked everyone. She liked miHoYo.
…
…
A few weeks later.
miHoYo's official account released the latest promotional poster. The image featured the Herrscher of the Void's final glance.
Beneath her, it was written that the newest Herrscher would soon "board the ship" (become available).
And the names of the upcoming new main story chapters:
From "Reunion in the Snowfield" all the way to "Queen's Descent" and "Journey to Tomorrow."