[Day 1, my name is Lin Li, I’ve transmigrated!]
[Good news, I’ve transmigrated into the world of Honkai: Star Rail, and right in front of me is the Herta doll belonging to the owner of the Herta space station—Lady Herta.]
[Why does this Herta seem so dull, is her consciousness offline, in doll state?] [Wait!
Why is no one responding when I talk to others?]
[Bad news!
It seems like I’ve entered a game, and all these people are NPCs?!]
[Confirmed!
They really are all NPCs.
I just randomly slapped a passerby, and he had no reaction at all, still walking his own path.
[Everyone seems like pre-programmed routines, this person has already walked back and forth in the main control section ten times!
[Wait!
Since this is the Herta space station, are Kafka and Silver Wolf here too?
[Couldn’t find Kafka or Silver Wolf, and didn’t see the Astral Express either!]
[Forget it, no more research for today.
I’m tired, I’ll rest tonight and study more interesting things tomorrow.] [Day 2, Little Herta is very smooth!]
[Being surrounded by many Little Herta dolls feels really nice!]
[Is this really just a doll?
Whether it’s the skin’s texture or the internal structure, it’s completely identical to a real person!
This is way too realistic?!
[Hmm, really very realistic, I say very seriously: very realistic!]
[The doll’s joints are also great, they can achieve many poses even humans wouldn’t think of!] [Day 3, setting Asta up on her beloved astronomical telescope was indeed a great idea!]
[Those smooth, jade-like legs are simply treasures passed down through generations, the delicate sound of the leg rings and ankle rings clinking against the telescope’s precise machinery is truly enchanting!]
[Day 4, there are still too few beauties on the Herta space station.
Tried a bit, couldn’t find a way to leave the station, but found a wine cellar.
The wine is good.]
[Wait!
It seems like a few more people have appeared on the space station, I saw Kafka?]
[Kafka is very big, truly worthy of being Mama Kafka!
Hmm, I’m not talking about age, I don’t even know how old she is!]
[She probably never imagined her own threads would be used to tie herself up, right?
My tying skills have improved.][Day five, Silver Wolf is adorable!]
[Who would have thought that beneath that slacker gamer girl exterior, she’d be wearing cute little bear prints?][Stop gaming—playing games is nowhere near as fun as watching goldfish with your big brother!]
[Wait!
There seems to be something outside the space station.
When did this train appear?]
[Does time in this game world also move forward?
Or is it just that new content keeps getting added?][Day six, March 7th is also adorable!]
[The pink-haired girl is surprisingly well-endowed, though she still falls short compared to Kafka!][She even carries a camera with her—gotta strike some exciting poses and take a few shots!]
[Day seven, between Big Sister Himeko and Kafka, who’s bigger?
I compared them but still couldn’t tell—and of course, I’m not talking about age.]
…
[Day twenty, another dull day.
As I pull up my pants, I wonder: when will this repetitive, day-in, day-out life ever end?][Since the Astral Express appeared, nothing else in this world has changed.]
[Those NPCs repeat the same things every day, as if time froze the day the train arrived.
My earlier conclusion about time moving forward seems to have been overturned.]
[I’m already growing weary.
There are no other living people in this world besides me, and I can’t even leave the space station.
What else is there to do besides indulging in wine and women?]
[It’s time to do something to change this situation.
Starting today, I quit drinking!]
…
[Day thirty, who should I favor today?]
Wait, has it already been thirty days?
Lin Li rested his head on Kafka’s soft chest, idly stroking a smooth, delicate little foot in his hand.
The foot was exquisitely slender and elegant, its sole and instep as smooth as if freshly soaked in milk.
The toes, clenched like a row of pearls, and the jade-white skin felt silky and delicate to the touch.
Around the ankle was a delicate anklet, adding an extra touch of beauty to this already flawless jade foot—truly a masterpiece!
This masterpiece of a foot didn’t belong to Kafka; it came from another girl beside him—Asta!
Lin Li was pondering who to enjoy today but hesitated to take the next step.
Honestly, he was bored.
Physically, he was still as vigorous as ever, a young man full of vitality, but mentally, he was growing weary because it had become meaningless.
The monotonous, day-in, day-out life, the NPCs who never communicated or gave any feedback—no matter how beautiful they were, they were nothing more than lifeless dolls without souls.
At first, it was all fresh and exciting, but as time went on, boredom inevitably set in.
Lin Li glanced at Asta, radiant and noble in her bearing.
The girl’s short pink hair was styled with a long strand braided into a plait coiled at the back of her head, both refined and adorable.
Her expression was focused and serious; even with her fair, delicate foot in Lin Li’s grasp, her expression remained completely unchanged.
That was because when Lin Li brought her over, Asta had been reviewing official documents for the space station, and her expression had frozen in that moment.
This was the dullness of NPCs—their expressions never changed.
Over the past month, Lin Li had done some preliminary exploration of this world.
Whenever he focused on a character, a status bar would selectively pop up before his eyes.
For example, what was currently displayed before him was Asta’s Information Panel: [Asta (Focused on Work)]
[Interaction] [Quest] [Appearance] [Other]
There weren’t many functions to choose from, no different from the online games Lin Li had played before.
When selecting [Interaction], the character would be forced to pause their current actions, allowing Lin Li to handle them as he pleased.
That was how he had carried Asta from the office to the bed.
The same applied to Kafka.
Currently, all characters’ quest logs were empty.
Lin Li wanted to find some quests to do but had none.
[Appearance] was relatively the most useful function at the moment, allowing him to change a character’s outfit with a single click.
Asta truly lived up to being the interstellar little rich girl—her Wardrobe was filled with countless clothes.
Clicking her [Appearance] button revealed a dense list of various outfits.
Even if Lin Li changed her clothes without repeating a single outfit for thirty consecutive days, it would still only be the tip of the iceberg of her massive wardrobe.
In comparison, Kafka was much simpler.
Her wardrobe was filled with various coats, with few other styles.
However, there was a set of black lace underwear that was quite exciting—personally tested!
By the way, there was also a secondary option under [Appearance] called [None].
Pressing it achieved the effect of undressing with a single click.
Very convenient—everyone who tried it said it was great!
Clicking into the [Other] option also revealed a blank space.
Everything was rudimentary, so rudimentary it felt like the game’s investors had pulled out midway, forcing the developers to release only a half-finished product.
But for Lin Li, this was no longer a game.
He was trapped here, unable to leave, with no one to talk to or communicate with.
He could only watch these NPCs repeat the same stories every day.
No matter how much he interfered with their actions, every night at 12 o’clock, everything would reset on time, erasing all traces he left behind.
There were only two exceptions: one was the appearance of the Astral Express and Kafka, and the other was Lin Li’s phone.
From the moment he crossed over, he had obtained a phone.
The information inside wouldn’t be erased with the daily resets, and he used the phone’s memo app to keep a diary.
The girls he collected would also leave individual Character Cards in the phone, allowing him to monitor the characters’ status through it.
Lin Li played with Asta’s fair and delicate little foot, his thoughts in disarray, even somewhat agitated.
He hadn’t had a normal conversation with anyone for a month.
Once the initial novelty wore off, all that remained was endless loneliness.
He tried to find a way to leave but had found nothing!
This space station had become a prison, and he was the only prisoner!
Was he really going to be trapped here for the rest of his life?!
Thinking of this, Lin Li’s agitation grew, and his hand unconsciously tightened its grip on the little foot!
“Ah!!
That hurts!”
“Who are you?!
Why are you in my room, and why are you squeezing my foot?!”
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Disclaimer(s):
– This novel is R18.
– I will be translating the first 634 chapters that are currently available.
However, I cannot guarantee that I will continue translating after that.