Bai Tang: A Gold Pull! It's a UR!

A map appeared in Bai Tang's mind, marking the locations of every enemy and the Realm Anchors she could use or hadn't unlocked yet.

Whoa... this is amazing!

Mom will never have to worry about me getting lost again!

She thought about where the protagonist had woken up at the start of the game. It seemed to be the place where Herta stored curios, somewhere called the Storage Zone.

Hmm, how do I get there?

She only knew the routes within each individual map, and the places where the maps connected weren't marked!

The game had navigation, so surely this place had to have it too. She tried clicking the locked Realm Anchor in the Room of Oblivion in her mind. A strange sensation came over her, and a yellow diamond appeared on the ground before her, with white text beneath it: ??? meters.

At the same time, the map in her mind showed her the best route.

It was like a smart navigation system with the sound turned off.

But why isn't the distance marked? (Because the author didn't know how many meters it was either.)

With navigation to guide her—and hopefully not the rotten kind—Bai Tang set off. Although the route couldn't avoid the Antimatter Legion, she could fight.

She had four extra five-star weapons in her inventory that looked like she could take them out and use them, along with some golden weapon fragments. She hadn't obtained these while playing the game; they had inexplicably appeared after she transmigrated.

In the end, she took out a sword called Peaceful and swung it a few times to test its feel. The next second, she slashed at the enemies not far away, killing one with each swing. She slaughtered them wildly, clearing the path in an instant.

Hmm, it's been a while since I wielded a sword. Good thing I'm not rusty. As long as I imbue it with Path energy, I can personally feed the enemies until they burst.

As expected, conceptual Paths were just too overpowered.

She fed this Baryon some "Destruction"-flavored sword qi, letting him have a taste of his father.

She fed that Voidranger: Reaver some "Nihility"-flavored sword qi, letting it experience the beauty of the world.

Bai Tang was still on horseback.

Bai Tang approached the target location.

Bai Tang encountered enemies blocking her way.

Bai Tang was dueling.

Bai Tang cleared out all the enemies.

Bai Tang stared at the navigation route, which followed the shortest straight line between two points, and fell into thought.

Damn, it's artificial stupidity.

Luckily, this wasn't a game, and she could jump. Otherwise, she would have given this rotten navigation system a bad review.

Meanwhile.

Silver Wolf stood beside Kafka and released Stelle, watching as Kafka inserted the Stellaron into Stelle's body and gently awakened her.

"Kaf... ka?"

Stelle looked at the two people before her in confusion. They felt familiar, yet she couldn't find either of them in her memories. Suddenly, a name popped into her head, making her want to call out "Mom."

Hearing Stelle call her name, Kafka couldn't help feeling a little pleased.

"Good, you still remember me."

Silver Wolf breathed a sigh of relief. Honestly, she hadn't been sure either.

"According to the script, she should have arrived by now."

Silver Wolf began looking around, leaving Kafka to hurry up and gently use Spirit Whisper on Stelle by herself.

"Sure enough, she's here."

Boom!

The door before Silver Wolf exploded. A sword hurled with great force flew in before the person who had thrown it, grazing Silver Wolf's cheek and whipping up a gust of wind. The cold metallic presence nearly brushed her skin, missing her head by a hair.

The flying sword slammed into the wall behind her. The wall caved in at first, then several cracks radiated outward, instantly covering it in jagged lines.

Immediately afterward, Bai Tang stepped into the space. Her vacant eyes swept across it before finally settling on Stelle, and a surge of joy rose in her heart.

Ahhhhhhh!

A gold pull!

It's a hard-to-get UR card!

Stelle, my precious! Stelle, my precious! Stelle being here means Elio has started looking for a way to delay Finality. There's hope!

My UR card! I have to keep a close eye on her!

I have to find a way to get her aboard the Express. Only then can things get on track.

"Hi, Bai Tang, right?"

Kafka laid the sleeping Stelle on the ground in a comfortable position, then stood and walked over to Silver Wolf, greeting Bai Tang.

Bai Tang: "...Kafka, and Silver Wolf."

"Blade is doing very well with us. If you want to see him, you can tell me. I'll send him to your side anytime."

*!!!!*

She wasn't a Blade stan!

She was a Yingxing stan!

Yingxing!!!

Still, seeing Blade would be nice too. After all, Yingxing was Blade's spirited past. Seeing Blade like this always made her want to beat him up, but she felt sorry for him too. It was such a contradiction.

Wait, how do the Stellaron Hunters know I'm a Yingxing stan?! And they're using Blade to tempt me!

"Bai Tang, I'd like to ask you a favor. Look, you've been looking forward to this for a long time, haven't you? I hope you can look after this little one."

Kafka shifted to the side, revealing Stelle behind her. A confident smile on her face, she believed Bai Tang would help.

Bai Tang: "..." As expected, she wasn't cut out for negotiations. The other side had laid out everything she wanted without revealing their own true objective in the slightest. And just like that, she'd been led along before things had even begun.

"Games can exercise your language skills. Let's play together when you have time."

Silver Wolf extended an invitation too, a hint of anticipation in her voice.

The two of them had made their attitudes and intentions quite clear. She didn't know what Elio had seen that made them extend these invitations, find a way to tie her to Stelle, and seek friendly relations.

All right, serious thinking over. Time to complain.

Silver Wolf, when you say games exercise your language skills, don't you mean your teammates make you so mad you want to speak, and you force yourself to develop those skills by cursing them out so much?

And Kafka, you just decided to package Blade up and send him over. Does Blade know about this?

Silver Wolf glanced at the time and warned them:

"We're running out of time. The others from the Astral Express will be here soon, and we shouldn't let them see us."

"Mm, we have to go. Bai Tang, remember to help us keep our visit a secret. See you again."

Kafka didn't mind that Bai Tang hadn't responded. She finished speaking with a smile, then vanished from Bai Tang's sight with Silver Wolf.

"UR, card."

Bai Tang hesitated, then retrieved her sword from the wall. Pretending not to see the cracks, she put it away and left without looking back.

It wasn't because she wanted to see Dan Heng almost give Stelle mouth-to-mouth. Definitely not. She just didn't want to disrupt the script. Yes, that was it.

Bai Tang of the demolition crew arrived at the Base Zone at the speed of light. She wrapped herself in Nihility so others wouldn't remember her, then drew her sword and swept away the enemies there, improving her combat proficiency.

Right afterward, she strode away in style under the gazes of a group of researchers who had survived the ordeal.

Since she didn't know when Dan Heng and March 7th would meet Stelle, she cleared the area and returned to where she had been, fighting for her life in another corridor.

When she heard familiar footsteps, she put away her sword and followed lightly behind them. She took out her phone and began recording, capturing the moment Teacher Dan Heng offered his help.