NOVEL WEB Chapter 6: Overpowered?
Stelle, holding a baseball bat she found somewhere, walked at the head of the group with March 7th, while Wende stayed at the rear.
Seeing March 7th chattering with Stelle about various topics, Wende appeared thoughtful.
Although the plot had deviated slightly, it was still following the original trajectory. Wende’s presence had merely delayed the train's arrival at the space station but hadn't changed much.
They encountered a few Void Grunts on the way, which Wende dealt with using electric needles. Feeling Stelle’s intense gaze beside him, Wend suddenly felt somewhat uneasy.
So this is what it feels like to be observed by the protagonist...
“By the way, are you really from the space station? You’re not even wearing the space station uniform.”
March 7th, pondering Stelle’s confused expression throughout their journey, pinched her smooth chin and looked at her, who was curiously rummaging through a box.
“I can’t remember…”
Stelle closed her eyes, trying to recall, but her mind went blank. She finally shook her head helplessly while continuing to loot.
“Is that so… Wait! Stop rummaging through other people's boxes! Wende, quickly stop her!”
Seeing Stelle fully engrossed in the treasure chest, March 7th looked at Wend with a pleading expression.
“Um…”
Wend stroked his chin, reflecting on the pile of items Stelle had uncovered, and then casually picked up an adventure log and tucked it into his pocket.
“Hey! Put that back!”
March 7th, seeing Wende involved, hit him on the head with her longbow, annoyed.
“Uh… cough, cough, couldn’t help it, sorry”
Wend awkwardly coughed twice and then defended himself.
For some reason, he felt like Stelle was casting him an approving glance.
Finally, after a few trivial setbacks, the three of them reunited with Dan Heng and, along with the rescued Arlan, arrived at the main control room.
.……………
Reality
In Kakaya's livestream room, Kakaya, who had just met the Astral Express "trio," was entering the battle phase.
At this moment, the barrage was buzzing about the fact that the protagonist was electrocuted awake.
【Wow! This handsome guy is actually a lightning user!】
【This is so brutal! How can you go easy on someone as “weak” as Stelle! Come on! Shock me instead!!】
【Found an M】
Glancing at the barrage, Kakaya seemed to have an epiphany and then opened the character screen to check Wende’s stats.
He was taken aback when he saw Wend’s path and exclaimed in disbelief.
“Ah? Abundance?! He’s a healer!?”
Rubbing his dark circles from staying up late, Kakaya looked at the character’s destiny again.
Wow, it really is abundance! Mihoyo actually gave them a free healer!
【Wow! That means we have two healers now? Newbies and free-to-play can support two teams now!】
Players who sought a challenge and team composition cheered as if it was a festival.
Of course, some people went even more wild upon hearing Wende was a healer...
【Ahhhh! I want to drink Wende’s healing milk!】
【No wonder he has such big chest muscles! Turns out it’s all for me!】
“Uh… Mods, please mute them, thanks!”
Kakaya, looking at the frenzy of the barrage, felt a bit helpless. It's one thing to go wild, but this was too much for him.
“Everyone calm down, even though Wende is very handsome, he’s still somewhat lacking compared to you all! Let’s first check his skills.”
Kakaya, an experienced content creator, easily redirected the livestream’s focus.
【Alright, alright, if you can talk, say more.】
【Fair.】
【Kakaya, go get me a cup of tea.】
Kakaya, looking at the livestream barrage, smiled. Although it was still somewhat abnormal, it was far better than before.
At that moment, he thought he had somehow struck gold on AC station, as if the next moment a red super admin would descend on him to deliver seven days of blessings.
Kakaya wasn’t the only one experiencing this; other AC station livestreamers playing Star Rail also faced a “catastrophe” upon seeing Wende’s path.
Smart content creators had already managed the chicken farm, and even smarter ones had joined in...
“Ahhhhhhh! Family! Does anyone understand? This man is infuriatingly comforting!”
A female content creator who was livestreaming went wild online.
【What…? Streamer, be normal! We’re scared!】
【Scared +1!】
【+10086!】
【I’m a newbie, is this the KFC kitchen?】
【No, you’re in the wrong place, this isn’t where they sell fried chicken.】
It turns out that if you’re even crazier than the audience, the fear will shift from the streamer to the viewers...
Returning to Kakaya.
Kakaya opened Wende’s skill screen and began to browse.
“Hmm, normal basic attack, battle skills with extra healing buffs, looks like he has a substantial healing capacity.”
Recalling Wende’s huge chest muscles, even if covered by fabric, the impressive contour was still visible.
“Gulp…”
Kakaya swallowed involuntarily at the thought.
Smack!
Realizing what he was doing, Kakaya slapped himself and kept chanting in his mind, “I’m straight! I’m straight!”
【Eh? What’s that sound?】
【It sounds like a slapping sound, seems like it feels pretty good!】
【Kakaya! What did you do behind the skin suit?!】
As is well known, popular content creator Kakaya usually uses a virtual avatar for streaming, but now from the viewers' perspective, the gentle skin suit image seemed to be frozen in the bottom right corner of the screen as if it had disconnected.
【Could it be that the movement got slapped in the face?】
【So how would it move to slap the face?】
【Then it must be slapping the stomach? Is Kakaya playing games shirtless?! Amazing!】
【Damn! Bro, you’re really something!】
Kakaya, looking at the frenzied barrage, dared not speak, pretending as if he had disconnected.
If others knew he was drooling over another man's chest muscles, his straight man career would probably be over.
A few minutes later, Kakaya pretended there was a problem with his equipment and returned to the livestream, continuing to browse Wende’s skills amid the skeptical barrages from his fans.
“Let’s check the ultimate skill...
【Ultimate Skill】Substance Replenishment: Immediately restores a large amount of HP to a designated ally and removes negative effects from a single ally.
Oh?”
Reading Wende’s ultimate skill, Kakaya raised his eyebrows in surprise.
“Wow, although it's a single-target heal, it can remove negative effects. This might be very useful later!”
Despite being limited to single-target healing, the ability to remove negative effects was still quite impressive. After all, this is a four-star character; if it were too strong, what would happen to the five-star healers?
“Now let’s check the talents.”
Kakaya, looking convinced, moved his mouse to the talent tab and read out the talent descriptions.
However, as he continued, Kakaya’s tone rose and his disbelief grew, causing the livestream barrage to roll by rapidly.
【Talent】Arrive, Heal, Leave: When healing an ally to full HP, it will enhance the ally's attack power by 20% of Wende’ attack power.
【Technique】: Decider of Life and Death: Immediately heals all allies, and if all allies are at full HP, increases their critical rate by 20% for two turns.
【Additional Ability (Ascension 2)】: Acupuncture: Increases the attack of the healed ally.
【Additional Ability (Ascension 4)】: Meridian Points: Healing effects can crit, healing for double the amount.
【Additional Ability (Ascension 6)】: Five Shu Points: Wende’s critical rate is increased by 20%.
“Gulp…”
This time, Kakaya’s swallowing was completely audible, and the barrage in the livestream exploded. Everyone was frantically typing those two words, and even Kakaya himself couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Damn! This is a 4 star???！”
【Wow! This is a support with a twist!】
【Is this really an abundance character?!】
【Maybe he was supposed to be a 5 star?】
【Is Mihoyo really giving away such a character for free!? What’s the catch?】
【Amazing, a healer that can crit! The miracle-working Dr. Wend!】
【I can already see Wende single-handedly challenging the simulated universe! Healing, buffs, and debuffs!】
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Kakaya started slapping his own face in front of the computer.
Though the viewers couldn’t see the screen, they could hear Kakaya’s emotional outburst from the sound.
【Mr. Kakaya! Don’t do that!】
【I understand Mr. Kakaya, if I saw such an overpowered character given away at the start, I’d also doubt if I was dreaming.】
【Did we misjudge the star rating? Maybe it’s a five-star?】
【Five-star? This looks like a six-star.】
【Alright, Kakaya will have to add a new category for videos in the future: "with Wende present."】
【Hahaha, working in Star Rail, the workload has suddenly doubled! Hehe!】
The barrage of comments continued, each with their own opinions, while Kakaya was jolted awake by his own outburst.
He took another look at the computer screen—no, he wasn’t dreaming!
Looking at the incredibly impressive talent tree, Kakaya slumped back in his computer chair and gave up on thinking.
"Actually... upon closer inspection, it doesn't have any special traits. It just adds some attack and crit bonuses. What’s most important for a character in Star Rail? It’s their unique traits! This is just an ordinary character without any major features, which is why the developers gave him some compensation... Yes! Just compensation!”
After convincing himself, Kakaya sat back at the computer. Ignoring the chaotic barrage of comments, he resolutely clicked on Wende’s eidolon interface.