Xiao Guizi’s livestream.
After saving Tingyun, they boarded the Astral Express under her lead and headed for the Star槎 Sea hub.
On the way to the Clockkeep Palace.
Xiao Guizi interacted with everything she saw.
More excited than previous maps.
After all, this was where she was, and the experience was immersive.
“Look at this bridge, it’s exactly the same as the one I saw when I went to the Star槎 Sea!”
“Look at this Astral Express, it’s exactly the same as the one parked downstairs from my place!”
“Look at these Cloud Knights, they’re all exactly the same… ahem, that’s because most Cloud Knights are NPCs, and they all use the same model.”
…
“Good job, Yu Ling Da Lao! Can’t say it’s exactly the same, but it’s completely identical!”
“Friendly reminder: This is a game screen, not a live broadcast.”
“I saw the train crew in Yu Realm Gate today! Yu Ling didn’t lie to me!”
“I was late, the area was already cordoned off by the Cloud Knights…”
“Xiao Guizi, hurry up and advance the plot, I want to ambush the next location and take down the train crew offline!”
…
After a tour of the Star槎 Sea, Gui Nai Fen went to the Clockkeep Palace, still unsatisfied.
The Skyborne Command Officer Yu Kong was very arrogant: “Tingyun has already informed me of your intentions. My responsibilities do not include receiving guests.”
“But since you know about the Star Nucleus and have stated your intention to help Luofu, then in terms of both duty and sentiment, I must give you all a face-to-face opportunity…”
“To personally decline your offer.”
This answer.
Not only the train crew, even Xiao Guizi was stunned.
Yu Kong said calmly: “The Star Nucleus is just a mere thing, the Alliance has already known about it, there are ways to deal with it. The Xianzhou Luofu has seen countless life and death crises in its eight thousand years. The current disaster, while formidable, is within the Xianzhou’s capacity to handle, there’s no need to rely on external forces to quell it.”
“You are guests from afar, there’s no reason for you to get involved in this—I’m saying this, do you understand?”
…
“Yu Kong Da Ren is so cool!”
“I like this kind of thing, am I a masochist?”
“Listen to the tone! For a civilization-ending disaster on Yarilo-VI, to them, it’s just ‘the Star Nucleus’, is the Xianzhou that powerful?”
“Just from what I know, there’s the Sun-Yearning Chaos, the betrayal of the Golden People, the remnants of Abundance, compared to these, the Star Nucleus? Piece of cake.”
“The Xianzhou has fought for eight thousand years, a Star Nucleus is nothing to be afraid of.”
“No wonder you Luofu Qiong You are so calm…”
…
Gui Nai Fen nodded in agreement.
She herself is an outsider.
The sense of security and belonging in the Xianzhou is unmatched by any other place.
At this time, a knock came from outside the door.
The girl’s voice was very penetrating.
“Xiao Guizi, open the door!”
“Hahaha, you won’t believe what mission I was assigned!”
“I’m here to protect your safety on the orders of the Cloud Knights!”
Gui Nai Fen was overjoyed.
“Changchang, this game is amazing, let me tell you, you’ve done such a great job with it!”
“Hold on, fam. Opening the door! Be right back!”
…………
Meanwhile.
Luofu, Flowing Cloud Pass.
Tingyun had just finished receiving a group of business partners who were cooperating with the Xianzhou Luofu, even for her, it was somewhat tiring.
She sighed and finally returned to her residence.
After closing the door.
Standing in the empty room.
Her original gentle and refined demeanor, with a touch of pity, suddenly changed!
“Finally, I don’t have to pretend to be soft and fluffy anymore!”
Her eyes shone with a幽 blue light, like ghost fire.
She whispered to the reflection in the mirror: “This fox-person job is no good for humans…”
“There are even greasy middle-aged men who dare to flirt with this deity!”
“These low-class, vulgar humans, they deserve to die!”
Suddenly.
The blue ghost fire in her right eye changed to gold.
When she looked again, her reflection in the mirror had transformed into a mature, cold woman.
The woman said, “Huanlong, something’s wrong.”
“The Cloud Knights have sealed off major locations and are conducting a search for the Star Nucleus.”
Tingyun… now she should be called Huanlong.
Huanlong’s gaze sank, and she said coldly: “How come the Xianzhou moved so quickly this time? Did you expose yourself?”
The woman shook her head slightly.
Another scene appeared in the mirror.
It was the game livestream of "Honkai: Star Rail".
“This game’s existence has prematurely exposed the contents of our plan.”
“Game? Illusionary play?”
Huanlong had been busy playing the role of [Tingyun] for a while, although she had heard that this game suddenly became popular, she didn’t pay any attention to it.
How could she possibly care about the lowly amusements of mortals?
Her mind was full of the beautiful vision of the Xianzhou shattering from within, and the world drowning in suffering.
“Heh, you, the leader of the [Pharmaceutical King’s Secret Transmission], have actually become entangled in these low-class mortal pastimes?”
“You disappoint me.”
Dan Shu’s face looked a bit bad, she continued to explain: “Huanlong, I’m not lying, this game is from the perspective of the Trailblazer…”
“Enough!”
“How can mere illusory plays predict my actions?”
“It’s just a coincidence.”
“Watching the Xianzhou people panic over a disaster that hasn’t happened yet, it’s not a bad kind of fun.”
“Sigh…” Dan Shu sighed.
She knew there was no point in explaining anything to this Grand Extermination Monarch.
“Since that’s the case, I’ll start acting early.”
“The Star Nucleus must be thrown into the Celestial Cave where the Jianmu is located, to make it awaken and reborn, to recreate the miracles of Abundance.”
“However, because the timing has been moved up, the effects of the Star Nucleus outbreak will become negligible, you won’t see the scenery of the world splitting, and pollution everywhere.”
Then.
Dan Shu directly cut off the conversation.
And Huanlong looked at her reflection in the mirror, her gaze flickering.
“The Jianmu’s awakening, I’m very much looking forward to it.”
“Perhaps, this is the enduring, indestructible body I’ve been searching for…”