The Gamer who traveled to Honkai: Star Rail

Entering the Simulated Universe was surprisingly simple. All they had to do was stand in front of the equipment, and Herta could activate the machine, pulling their consciousness into the simulation to experience its world firsthand.

Before entering, the device scanned their physical data and used settings pre-configured by Herta to simulate their abilities and stats.

This time, Herta didn't set Stelle up as the Trailblaze Aeon. Instead, she simply tailored the simulation based on the group's individual traits.

While she made her final adjustments, March 7th turned to Pei Guang, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Ah Guang, how do you think we should play this?"

Stelle crossed her arms and confidently chimed in. "Based on my experience, we're going to be fighting non-stop. Let me tell you—the antimatter legion in the Simulated Universe fights almost exactly like the real thing. The only downside? It's turn-based~"

Pei Guang, who was still fine-tuning his settings, responded casually. "Not this time. The combat system's been upgraded—it's now real-time instead of turn-based. This update was only possible thanks to Nous's support. Without it, even Herta and her team wouldn't have been able to achieve this level of realism.

Or at least that's what she told me before…"

Herta chipped in, "You are correct, but I'm almost done adjusting—get ready, we're starting soon."

Pei Guang grinned. "Let's do this. I've been dying to try it out!"

Herta didn't waste time with any long explanations. After finalizing the body scans for all three of them, she activated the Simulated Universe.

The world around them immediately blurred, and in the blink of an eye, the three found themselves in the simulated reality—ready to face whatever challenges lay ahead.

The moment the Simulated Universe activated, Herta froze. Watching Pei Guang's sudden disappearance, she was completely stunned.

"What… just happened???"

A massive question mark might as well have appeared above her head.

The Simulated Universe was designed to simulate reality, pulling a person's consciousness into the system to analyze Aeons. Even with the massive resources poured into this project and Nous's assistance, it was still just a simulation—nothing more than data manipulation.

Pulling someone's physical body inside? That wasn't a simulation anymore—that was actual transmigration .

So why did Pei Guang's entire body vanish when the Simulated Universe activated?

Was he messing with her? Did he use some kind of weird teleportation ability to prank her?

While Herta stood there dumbfounded, she suddenly received frantic messages from Screwllum, Ruan Mei, and Stephen—all at the same time.

Simultaneously, the Simulated Universe started calculating wildly.

If this had been the old version, the machine probably would've exploded the moment Pei Guang entered and completely disappeared.

But thanks to Nous's enhancements, the system somehow managed to stay functional.

Even so, all four developers' systems were flooding with error messages. Ruan Mei's side was hit the hardest: since she was in charge of simulating the Aeons, she immediately noticed that the in-game Aeons were going berserk.

The simulated Aeons weren't just acting out—they were starting to break the fourth wall, as if trying to pull real-world Path forces into the simulation itself.

However, before things spiraled out of control, the Path of Erudition's power—likely Nous's influence—surged and stabilized the simulation.

Herta panicked. "What the hell is going on?! What the hell just happened?!"

This was the most flustered Herta had ever been. She frantically checked the system logs, trying to piece together the sequence of events.

From the initial errors, to the Aeons' rampage, to the sudden stabilization—everything had happened so fast that she had no idea what to do.

Now that the system had stabilized, Herta quickly reviewed the data—and discovered where Pei Guang had gone.

Unlike Stelle and March 7th, whose consciousness had entered the Simulated Universe, Pei Guang had entered physically .

"Is Pei Guang… a data lifeform???"

Herta's mind flooded with even more questions. A real, living person turning into data? This wasn't just absurd—it was impossible.

While Herta was questioning reality itself, inside the Simulated Universe, Pei Guang woke up after a brief moment of darkness.

The first thing he saw was March 7th leaning over him with a concerned expression.

"A familiar ceiling, and a familiar scene~"

March 7th blinked and glanced at Stelle, who was still lying nearby with her eyes closed. She leaned in closer and whispered, "But the first time you saw me, you definitely weren't this calm."

Pei Guang chuckled. "Oh? You mean like this?"

Without warning, Pei Guang grabbed March 7th and planted a firm kiss on her lips.

March 7th's face turned bright red, and when he finally let go, she coughed awkwardly.

"Cough! What was that?! Just because you're good-looking doesn't mean you can do whatever you want!"

Her words instantly dragged both of them back to the moment they first met.

Back then, Pei Guang had treated the world as nothing more than a high-freedom game, so he'd decided to do something impulsive—just for fun.

And March 7th? At the time, she had been furious. But after everything they'd experienced together, her anger had faded.

Looking back now, the memory felt… nostalgic?

As March 7th quietly replayed the moment in her head, Stelle finally opened her eyes and leaned closer.

"Wait—this is the Simulated Universe???"

Having tested the system several times before, she immediately noticed something was off.

Her body still felt digitized, just like in her previous experiences. But the world around her—everything about it—felt far too real.

Pei Guang said confidently, "No big deal! Maybe Herta pushed an update. But before we do anything else, let me check if there's an exit button first~"

After entering the Simulated Universe, Pei Guang instinctively accessed its system interface.

The moment he saw the settings, however, his expression froze.

There was no exit button.

Pei Guang's brows furrowed at first, but then he relaxed, clapped his hands, and announced, "Alright, everyone! Good news—this game has no exit option!! "

Stelle blinked. "Huh? No exit? That's impossible."

Frowning, Stelle quickly pulled up her own system menu.

She scanned through the options—everything else was there. Settings, difficulty sliders, progression stats… but no exit button.

Her pupils dilated in disbelief.

"Herta? Herta?! Why the hell is there no exit button?!"

Stelle called out, but unlike before—when Herta would always respond immediately—this time there was no reply.

March 7th also opened her system menu and confirmed the same issue—no exit button.

Her face paled, and she forced an awkward smile that looked more like she was about to cry.

"Ah Guang... are we stuck in the Simulated Universe?"

Pei Guang, already a veteran of this type of scenario, replied flatly, "Yeah, looks like it. Honestly, though? I can't believe this is happening again. It's almost funny how predictable this crap is. This must be Peak Game Design™ at work!

"Well, here we are—two separate operating systems now. If I ever find the idiot who made this no-exit 'game,' I'm gonna…"

He cut himself off, clearly annoyed.

Just as his frustration started to boil over, his personal system sent him a sudden alert.

Three special notifications popped up:

"~" Activated

"CE" Activated

"Mod" Activated

Pei Guang's initial anger vanished instantly. Instead, his eyes lit up with genius-level cunning.