Honkai Star Rail: I Create Mobile Games! Chapter 236: Black Swan’s Account Wiped? Rally! The Crusade

Aboard the Astral Express.

March 7th leaned against the observatory carriage window, gazing at the glittering skyline of Penacony outside.

She had been so excited to visit this Festival Star—thinking it’d be a fun vacation.

But now, as the story unfolded, it felt more like a high-stakes ga of werewolf!

Reflected in the glass, she could see Hiko and Welt engaged in a heated discussion, while Stelle remained glued to the in-ga plot.

March shook her head.

"I can’t just laze around either~"

Returning to her seat, she opened the ga forums.

The forums were a chaotic battleground of theories and debates about Penacony’s convoluted sches.

One post in particular had skyrocketed in popularity—posted just monts ago!

[After today’s story, isn’t Acheron basically CONFIRD as the final boss?]

March imdiately clicked in!

[OP: As the title says.]

[Acheron’s status as an Emanator is now undeniable!]

[According to Aventurine—she ’brings death and finality.’]

[We don’t know which Path’s Emanator she is yet, but let’s review her track record—]

[1. Acheron ambushed the Duke of Inferno. In the PV, we even see the Prison Duke torn to shreds!]

[2. Acheron herself admits she’s ’a person burdened with endless bloodshed.’]

[3. Black Swan nearly died from shock just peeking into her mories!]

[4. At the end of the PV, we see corpses raining from the sky...]

[Why has no one heard of Acheron before?]

[Simple: Everywhere she goes is wiped off the map.]

[That’s what ’death and finality’ ans!]

Scrolling down, March saw player replies:

"Acheron... Acheron... Doesn’t the na itself sound ominous?"

"In the new story, both Acheron and Black Swan are acting sus."

"Wait, does this an Sam was trying to PROTECT us?"

"In the final cutscene, Sam flew toward us—but no weapons were ard. He wasn’t attacking; he wanted to evacuate us!"

"Rewatched it—HOLY CRAP IT’S TRUE!"

"SAM MY BELOVED, I MISJUDGED YOU!"

"In Penacony, you can distrust anyone—but not the Express Crew or Stellaron Hunters. We’re one big family!"

"Prediction: Penacony will be destroyed (directly or indirectly) by Acheron!"

...

The more March read, the more unsettled she felt.

She almost rushed to tell the others—but stopped.

"These are just player theories... Not real clues, right?"

Suppressing her unease, she closed the comnts and swiped to the next post.

[Penacony players: PACK YOUR BAGS AND RUN.]

[OP: Fra-by-fra analysis confirms—Sothing Unto Death is inextricably linked to Acheron!]

[1. Color sche: Acheron and Sothing Unto Death share the sa eerie violet-black aesthetic.]

[2. Sothing Unto Death’s eyes glow red when killing—just like Acheron’s warning in the prologue: ’In that monochro world, a fleeting red will appear... It will return.’]

[That was a death on all along!]

Replies:

"CHILLS. Literal chills."

"So Acheron’s mobility is limited in the Dreamscape, so she deploys Sothing Unto Death to assassinate people—while she handles the real-world killings?!"

"Acheron seems fine now, but mark my words: sothing will trigger her, and white-haired Acheron will awaken for a massacre!"

"Penacony Battle Royale?!"

"To all players in Penacony: Good luck surviving."

"RIP Guinaifen. You will be missed."

March’s hands trembled slightly.

"Coincidence... It has to be!"

While players had many guesses about Penacony’s mastermind, Acheron was the pri suspect—but was it really "confird"?

March kept scrolling.

The next wave of posts horrified her.

7 out of 10 threads outright accused Acheron!

March’s resolve wavered.

"Could it be...?"

"Is Acheron really the final boss this ti?"

She glanced back at the Express Crew—Welt, Hiko, Stelle... and herself.

"Can we even beat her?"

Her and Stelle’s combat prowess... well, best not to think about it. Unless Stelle unlocked another power surge, they’d be dead weight.

Hiko wasn’t a frontline fighter either...

March’s eyes locked onto Welt.

"Mr. Yang... It’s all up to you!!"

She decided to check one last post before discussing with the others.

Regardless of whether Acheron was the villain, they needed a plan.

But this final post was... different.

[Notice: Only users who have viewed 10 related threads may access this post.]

[Subject: Crusade Against Acheron!]

[Players across the cosmos, we need your aid!]

[If you’re a casual player who stumbled here, leave now. Do not speak of this post’s contents.]

[Unauthorized personnel, evacuate imdiately. This concerns a large-scale operation!]

March blinked.

"Unauthorized...? That’s not , right?"

If Acheron planned to destroy Penacony, the Express Crew had to intervene!

She kept reading.

The first voice in the thread claid to be a mokeeper of the Garden of Recollection!

[The Garden of Recollection will join the crusade against Acheron.]

[Though we mokeepers have abandoned flesh, existing as mnemic entities traversing the cosmos, many are lost each Amber Era.]

[The Garden maintains records of each mokeeper’s vitality—similar to mortal morial tablets.]

[I bring grave news: Black Swan’s tablet has gone dark.]

[This ans she no longer exists in this world—what you might call ’account termination.’]

[The Garden’s conclusion: Her existence was either erased utterly... or consud by [Nihility].]

Replies:

"What’s the difference? Dead is dead."

"The Garden has morial tablets?!"

"No wonder Penacony’s been haunted by weird shadows—more mokeepers are arriving!"

"NOOOO BLACK SWAN IS GONE?!"

"In the PV, didn’t Acheron spare her? Did she silence Black Swan to keep her from talking?!"

"Another butterfly effect from the ga’s storyline..."

"RIP Black Swan."

"Damn you, Acheron! Now we have to take her down!"

To be continued...