Bai Tang: Aventurine, My Baby, I Love You!

The space between Paths gradually grew lively. The Amber Lord poked his head in and watched the scene quietly. Yaoshi appeared soon after, while Lan's arrow remained trained on Aha, ignoring Yaoshi.

Four Aeons had come in total.

Hahahahahaha!

The sky was falling!

She was like a little animal being watched by a crowd of Aeons!

In the end, she was tossed onto a planet. Not the ice ball Jarilo-VI, but...

Damn!

Aha really loved stirring up trouble!

Still, as long as she had internet, it was fine. The time marked in the script Silver Wolf had mentioned was almost here, so she would deal with that first.

In the incredibly luxurious room, an electronic keyboard appeared before Bai Tang, along with a map showing Silver Wolf making her escape.

She watched the little Silver Wolf dart around among heaps of code, then saw that the attacking code came from the Genius Society. She was speechless. Silver Wolf didn't need her, did she? As long as no genius personally stepped in, Silver Wolf could break free on her own.

[Silver Wolf: Hurry up]

[Silver Wolf: They're about to take the thing]

[Silver Wolf: This is tricky]

Oh, she still had time to message her.

So she had stolen something. No wonder she needed help. It was very likely something large and hard to carry out.

[Bai Tang: Where are Kafka, Blade, and Sam?]

[Silver Wolf: Busy]

[Silver Wolf: Coming later]

[Silver Wolf: Hurry up]

No wonder she had come to Bai Tang. The three of them were busy and couldn't come to back her up. Actually, backup was coming. As long as Silver Wolf kept jumping around in there and stalled for time, she could hold out until the other Stellaron Hunters came to help her.

With Silver Wolf's abilities, holding out until they arrived was still a piece of cake, even if she ended up a little worse for wear. Bai Tang's help wasn't really necessary; it would just let her break free sooner.

[Bai Tang: On it.]

Bai Tang began helping Silver Wolf intercept the attacks. Silver Wolf opened a hole in the firewall and slipped away.

Since Bai Tang wasn't there in person, she only had to protect her information and hide her location. If she couldn't fend them off, she could just disconnect from the internet and shut down.

If she had gone in person like Silver Wolf and still had to take something with her, that would have been troublesome. Once caught, she would really be caught.

With Bai Tang's assistance, Silver Wolf easily reached the place where she had hidden the thing and carried it straight out, giving herself the green light all the way.

[Silver Wolf: Come here]

[Silver Wolf: I just changed the program]

[Silver Wolf: The enemy will be here soon]

[Bai Tang: Why are you running like a snail? Weren't you bouncing around just now?]

[Silver Wolf: ...]

When they played games, Bai Tang couldn't curse out loud and could only type insults. With Silver Wolf adding, "If you suck, practice more," they had driven other players to quit the game.

Now that it was happening to her, it felt a little strange.

But Bai Tang was obviously holding back with her. Silver Wolf just didn't know who had made her so angry that she couldn't contain her temper and had to make a snide remark.

Aha, who had made Bai Tang angry, was nowhere to be found. He had probably gone to watch the other Aeons for entertainment.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

"Team leader, someone's helping Silver Wolf."

"One of the other wanted Stellaron Hunters?"

"Probably not. There should only be one person among the Stellaron Hunters who knows Aether Editing."

"Then find out who it is. Let's see who dares help a wanted criminal!"

"Team leader... we can't trace them."

"What? Impossible! We may not be able to match Silver Wolf, but we're not far behind. Where did this monster come from?"

"Wait, I found them!"

"I knew it. Where?"

"At company headquarters."

"What?!!!"

"I can't narrow it down any further, but the general coordinates are definitely at company headquarters."

"Looks like a wanted criminal slipped in. Notify the company immediately."

Bai Tang, who had only exposed her general location while hiding her exact position, successfully helped Silver Wolf escape. She casually struck at the Market Development Department, then cut off all connections and packed everything away without another word.

She flopped onto the large sofa and began messaging Himeko and the others to let them know she was safe.

[Bai Tang: Himeko, I had a little accident and left Jarilo-VI, but don't worry. Someone will take me back.]

[Himeko: I'm glad you're all right. We'll wait for you to come back]

Himeko was as gentle as ever. Sob, sob, sob, she wanted to be Mommy Himeko's child forever!

[Bai Tang: Dan Heng, I was taken away from Jarilo-VI. It'll take me a while to get back. Tell March 7th and Stelle for me.]

[Dan Heng: Okay, I'll wait for you.]

Bai Tang then sent March 7th and Stelle a message. Sure enough, neither responded. It had been the right call to ask Dan Heng to tell them.

"All right, director outside the door, you can stop hiding."

Aventurine, my baby, I love you!

Though her heart was in an uproar, Bai Tang remained expressionless.

"Miss, this appears to be my office. The door was securely locked, and there are people patrolling nearby. May I ask how you got in here?"

A flippant smile hung on Aventurine's face, but the smile in his enchanting eyes was unfathomable.

A Foxian? Why is she here? Does the Xianzhou know?

"An accident."

An accident caused by Aha tossing her here, letting her help Silver Wolf intercept the company's attacks from inside the company itself. What a nasty sense of humor.

(Touch to check in)

Bai Tang saw five conspicuous, golden characters appear above Aventurine's head and was stunned.

Wait, that's not right. Why didn't Dan Heng and March 7th have them above their heads?! She was going to make a fuss!

"Come over and talk?"

The way she spoke now, she still couldn't get long sentences out, but she had gone from popping out two or three words at a time to stringing together four or five. A cause for celebration.

"Sure."

Aventurine said nothing about his favorite sofa being occupied. He sat down opposite Bai Tang, looking carefree, yet in Bai Tang's eyes, he was strangely well-behaved.

Bai Tang: ...This filter. Forget it, I'll keep it on.

"Word came from the Genius Society that the person who helped Silver Wolf escape was you, wasn't it?"

A chip appeared in Aventurine's hand. He smiled, his other hand behind his back.

"It was me."

Bai Tang admitted it readily and without hesitation, and with complete confidence added, "Now, I need to find Himeko. Cover for me. Say you escorted me."

Aventurine: "..."

Miss, how can you say all that so confidently? Aren't I the one questioning you right now?

But Himeko... So this Foxian is a passenger on the Astral Express.

The odds of his own survival could be raised slightly, then.

When he exposed Bai Tang as the person who had helped Silver Wolf, he had been prepared for her to deny it or fly into a rage and kill him to silence him. What happened afterward, however, was not what he had imagined.

Bai Tang didn't care about that at all and admitted it readily. She didn't utter a single threat; she was more like a parent confidently telling her own child to do a chore.

It was all very peculiar.

Were people on the Express all like this?

Aventurine: I don't know, but I'm deeply shocked.

"I won't freeload, either. Give me your hand."

Bai Tang had thought of a good way to make contact.

Aventurine fell silent for a moment, then held out his hand. Bai Tang took it in hers.

Check-in successful.