He felt the Silver Cross Pendant glowing. At the same time, his clothes were glowing too, seeming to... seeming to turn into women's clothing?!
"Damn it, no need to think about it! This was definitely Aha's doing!!!"
The thought had barely crossed Liuge's mind when the light around his body suddenly flared.
Then, Liuge appeared holding a parasol, dressed in a neon schoolgirl swimsuit, with a name tag on his chest boldly displaying the words "Liuge."
Most eye-catching of all was that, because Liuge was a boy... there was a conspicuous bulge!
"Holy shit!"
Liuge froze for a moment before immediately cancelling the state.
The three people ahead knew nothing about any of this. The transformation and its cancellation had taken only thirty seconds, so none of them noticed.
But in the Main Control Cabin, Asta, who had been watching everything, spat out a mouthful of water. After rubbing her eyes in disbelief and seeing Liuge in his normal clothes, she thought she had imagined it.
Still, with her excellent memory, she refused to believe it was a hallucination. She pulled up the surveillance footage, and once she started the replay, her expression became incredibly colorful.
After a brief silence, she quietly clipped that section of footage and saved it to her phone, cleverly covering up the surveillance recording afterward.
Meanwhile, completely unaware that Asta had witnessed everything and even added it to her collection as blackmail material, Liuge wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Although he had truly felt the immense boost brought by that transformation, a boost that was at least dozens of times his current combat power, he felt that this was absolutely not something he could use.
If he used that thing, it would not merely mean dying of embarrassment. He might have to carry the entire universe on his back and run away.
Damn it, this was definitely Aha's fault!
As they drew closer and closer to the Supply Zone, the oppressive pressure steadily intensified.
Liuge's footsteps gradually slowed to a stop. From afar, he saw a red figure fighting the Doomsday Beast before the Space Station's platform, along with Old Yang leaning on his cane.
"Uncle Yang, Himeko!"
The moment March 7th saw them, she called out.
At the same time, she summoned the bow formed from Six-Phase Ice and began providing support fire.
Dan Heng also summoned his spear, Cloud-Piercer, and charged toward the Honkai Beast.
Stelle gripped her bat and rushed toward the Honkai Beast as well.
Liuge had no weapon, so he did not rashly join the battle.
However, he spotted several Voidranger: Reavers nearby.
After thinking for a moment, he directly activated the Stat-Stick Puppetry Technique. In an instant, Liuge felt Silk Threads wrapping around the Reavers' bodies, while a portion of his consciousness seemed to split away and enter their bodies.
As naturally as moving his own arms, Liuge controlled the Reaver's body.
No, perhaps it was more accurate to say that the Reaver had become another body for Liuge.
In an instant, Liuge was overjoyed.
He had unlocked a remote combat class.
He could stay safely in the rear while controlling Voidrangers to fight on the front lines. Most importantly, he could use the Physical Technique ability granted by his Stat-Sticks to continuously adjust the Voidrangers' fighting styles.
"Get out of the way, let me handle this!"
Liuge shouted toward the people fighting ahead.
At the same time, he controlled the Voidranger and charged at the Doomsday Beast.
However, in the next instant, Stelle swung her bat and sent the Voidranger Liuge was controlling flying. It crumbled into black particles midair and vanished.
"???"
Liuge stared at the scene with a completely dumbfounded expression.
Stelle also gave Liuge a strange look.
"What did you just say?"
Stelle scratched the back of her head, resting her bat on her shoulder as she spoke to Liuge.
"...No, nothing!"
Liuge finally understood. If he did not explain his ability to control monsters beforehand, then every Voidranger he controlled would probably be instantly killed by them.
This was too hard. He wanted to help, but he could not.
Just then, March 7th's attacks suddenly faltered, revealing a small opening.
Seeing this, the Doomsday Beast immediately gathered energy and blasted it toward March 7th.
At that sight, Stelle did not have time to think about anything else. She shoved March 7th aside and faced the massive torrent of energy herself.
Within that torrent of energy, Stelle felt that she might die. Yet, at the moment she closed her eyes, she seemed to arrive in a starfield. When she opened them again, she saw a gigantic white-haired figure with dark skin and golden light shining from his chest...
That was the Destruction Aeon Nanook!
In an instant, terrifying power erupted from Stelle's body. The aura of Destruction immediately scattered the Doomsday Beast's energy torrent, and its aftershock sent the Doomsday Beast flying.
Before everyone could recover from the powerful aftershock, Stelle collapsed unconscious. Yet the Doomsday Beast did not seem to have been erased by the power Stelle unleashed, as Liuge had expected.
Seeing this, Liuge sighed and equipped the Character Stat-Stick Haxxor Bunny before charging out.
"Leave the rest to me!"
The crisp yet familiar voice made Old Yang's body tremble. He stared in disbelief at Haxxor Bunny, who rushed out from behind with the agility of a nimble rabbit.
"This..."
Even his lips began to tremble.
No way. I came all the way here and can still run into someone I know?
Before Old Yang could react, Liuge, transformed into Haxxor Bunny, directly opened Aether Edit and began operating it.
The little mechanical rabbit floating beside her opened its compartments and aimed at the Doomsday Beast, which was preparing to attack again.
"Precision bombardment... activated!"
The instant Haxxor Bunny's finger came down, countless shells descended upon the Doomsday Beast's location, too many to count.
All of them had been created from thin air through Haxxor Bunny's Aether Edit ability.
At the same time, Haxxor Bunny herself was a weakened version of the Herrscher of Reason. Thus, creating objects from nothing combined with the proper use of Aether Edit achieved a terrifying effect where one plus one equaled eleven.
However, watching all this made Old Yang's eye twitch.
It was over. Was this really an old acquaintance?
At first, Old Yang had thought this might be the counterpart of that person from his world in this universe. But after seeing that move, he was no longer so sure.
Before Old Yang could ask anything, the Doomsday Beast was blasted until only a shattered core remained.
Then he saw Haxxor Bunny turn around and run, vanishing into the Herta Space Station without giving him even the slightest chance to ask a question...
The Gradually Calming Herta Space Station
After quickly removing Haxxor Bunny's Character Stat-Stick, Liuge returned to the platform.
Aside from March 7th, who was still worried about the unconscious Stelle, everyone else was cleaning up the aftermath.
Although quite a few Voidrangers still remained nearby, the Space Station's Security Department could handle these minor enemies.
"Is it over?"
Liuge cautiously walked forward.
Seeing Liuge approach, Dan Heng nodded at the right moment.
Himeko and Old Yang both turned their gazes toward him.
"And this is?"
Himeko fully took on the role of negotiator and asked curiously.
March 7th, having entrusted Stelle to the medical team, finally walked over and began introducing Liuge and explaining the situation with the unconscious Stelle to Himeko and Old Yang.
"I see." Himeko nodded, walked over to Liuge, and extended her hand.
"Hello. I'm Himeko, navigator and mechanic of the Astral Express."
"Hello, hello. I'm Liuge, an ordinary programmer. My hobby is piloting Gundam mechs!"
Liuge shook Himeko's hand, then immediately let go.
It had been soft, but he should still show some respect to Sister Himeko.
Welt Yang, standing nearby, listened to Liuge's introduction and subtly adjusted his glasses.
This kid seemed to be a fellow enthusiast!
"I'm Welt Yang!"
"Mm, I know, from Anti-Entropy—"
Before Liuge could finish, Old Yang firmly covered his mouth and dragged him to a corner without another word.
"Kid, I don't know how you know all that, but it'd be best not to tell these children about my affairs."
"Well, it's not like it's some kind of black history. It wouldn't hurt to say it."
"...Consider it a favor to me."
"Then make me a Gundam."
"Then go ahead and tell them!"
Although Old Yang could create objects with his bare hands, his current abilities were nowhere near what they used to be.
If he really made a Gundam, he would probably collapse from overexerting his powers on the spot.
"I meant... a model!"
"Deal!"
After reaching an agreement with Liuge, Old Yang returned to the others with him, smiling warmly.
"Uncle Yang, what was that about?"
March 7th looked at Old Yang, who now seemed oddly familiar with Liuge, her eyes filled with deep confusion.
Even Himeko and Dan Heng found it a little strange.
After all, on the train, Old Yang had always appeared calm and steady, viewing everything that happened with the demeanor of a seasoned elder.
Yet now, in front of someone he had only just met, he seemed somewhat flustered.
That made all of them feel rather curious.
"Nothing, nothing. I just confirmed with this kid that he comes from my hometown."
Old Yang calmly made up a lie.
However, in his view, since Liuge knew his identity and was so familiar with him, he was undoubtedly from Earth.
It was a perfect opportunity to find out how things were over there.
After all, had March 7th not said that Liuge had only recently been teleported to the Herta Space Station? That meant he had witnessed Earth's current state of development.
"Mm-hmm."
At that moment, Liuge also acted like a nodding machine.
"I see!"
After thinking for a moment, Himeko looked at Liuge.
"Then, Liuge, would you be interested in joining the Astral Express and becoming a Nameless?"
In her opinion, since Welt, an old acquaintance of Liuge's, was already aboard the train, and Liuge had just arrived at the Herta Space Station with nowhere familiar to turn, it would naturally be better for him to stay around Welt.
"Eh, that straightforward? Well, of course I'm joining!"
Liuge smiled and chose to join.
"Come to think of it..."
Suddenly, Old Yang recalled the young girl who had joined the battle earlier and looked very much like that girl Bronya.
"What?"
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