Chapter 546
Himeko, Dan Heng, and March 7th, who were standing before him, did not encounter a man Welt or a 'blonde man'.
In other words— Old Yang isn't on this Stellaron Hunters crew.
Lin Yu could only say that this change was normal.
[Yes, that's perfectly normal. The Starchart Pass this system gave you directly connects you to this world.]
In the original story, Old Yang came to the railway after meeting the Void Archive Post-Honkai Odyssey years after the Great War.
[Old Yang has been so relentlessly exploited by you that he's only had time to work on animation in the last two years, and Void Archive, because of its tireless dedication, has chosen to continue working for you voluntarily.]
[Since none of the characters and characters from the original story who came to the Railway World have arrived, it's normal for there to be some minor changes here.]
The way you're saying this makes it sound like I'm the one exploiting Old Yang.
Is it possible that the person exploiting him isn't me, the one assigning tasks, but Tesla, the one holding him back from slacking off?
Even if Tesla bears 99% of the responsibility, don't you, the mastermind behind the dispatch mission, bear even 1% of the blame?!
Of course not!
[Such a quick reply—Never mind, I won't play any more pranks.]
Something's not right with this world. You'd better tone it down a bit and not go overboard.
Don't scare me.
I tolerated and understood that the Cocoon of Finality started to curl up because it was afraid of you. But could this worldview really cause the kind of situation where everyone accelerates again because of your and my appearance?
It's hard to say, after all, this world is full of various unstable factors.
[Furthermore, you need to understand one thing—there are always people watching, and with this guy around, any problems he causes are actually quite reasonable.]
... you're right.
He was willing to pretend to be an ordinary person and stay on the train for fun, gaining Pom-Pom's trust before blowing the train in two.
God is capable of anything for the sake of fun. In other words, as long as He is there, nothing is entirely impossible.
[Sodayo, having this mindset isn't a bad thing.]
[Furthermore, given your current strength, the only time this system will give you a reward is when you encounter an extremely powerful envoy or a star god.]
If possible, I'd rather not see those rewards.
Thinking about it carefully, it was truly the most terrifying episode.
My precious gems are clearly telling me that there's nothing seriously wrong with our current actions, but what you said makes me feel a tiny bit like going home.
It shouldn't have come to this.
[This system describes the worst-case scenario. In reality, most of the time, you're basically at the half-step into the realm of horizontal movement in this universe.]
What you need to do now, and what you want to do, isn't too difficult. Instead of worrying about pointless things, relax and enjoy life.
[For example--]
For example?
Show off your charm! Win over the hearts of these three beautiful girls! Throw a train party right there on the train!
... So you really are consistently maintaining the downward-facing mode, aren't you?
Putting everything else aside, my daughter is right here with me, and you expect me to chase after girls?
"Come on, your daughter has been by your side for so long. When you were attacking Kiana, Mei, Anna Yuno, and Fu Hua, what did she say?"
[Don't overthink it. Your girl's ability to accept things has already become extremely abnormal because of you, my stubborn dog. Don't blame me for not being kind, but I reckon she's already planning when to change how she addresses March 7th and Xing from "sister" to "mom."]
... No, there is no way to refute it.
Right?
Since you've already become a bulldozer, you're insulting the girls of the new world if you don't continue pushing forward in it!
[You can bring yourself to sleep with the pretty girls in the original world, but you won't sleep with the pretty girls in the new world—are you implying that the pretty girls in the new world aren't as good as your wife and the others?]
[I'm so cold I'm shivering!]
Stop right there.
We'll talk about the things below later.
Since I unified my personality, I can no longer communicate with you and deal with external interactions at the same time as before.
Seeing that I had been silent for a few seconds, Himeko had clearly realized that something was wrong, and if she continued to ramble on, the problem might get even more serious.
[Hehehe, then this system won't disturb your chat with the girls anymore.]
Go to hell.
"What's wrong, Mr. Lin Yu?"
Looking at Lin Yu, who had been silent for several seconds, Himeko asked with a hint of curiosity.
"Does our experience on the Stellaron Hunters really require you to think about it for this long?"
"Or are you more interested in our pioneering journey and would like to have a deeper conversation with us?"
"Ha, I am indeed very interested in your pioneering journey, Miss Himeko, but I am even more curious about what the important person I am about to meet will say to me."
After casually changing the subject, Lin Yu smiled and responded to Himeko with words while beginning to think about the information he had obtained from Himeko.
Because Welt and Void Archive did not come to this world, Himeko and the others' pioneering journey underwent some subtle changes.
With the absence of Welt, whose combat strength is unknown, the pioneering journey of the Stellaron Hunters naturally cannot remain completely unchanged from the original story.
However, Lin Yu, who did not know the details of their past, could not make a judgment about exactly where these changes occurred.
Even putting all that aside, when facing Himeko, Lin Yu really couldn't help but lament that his teacher had gone down the wrong path.
While Murata Himeko in his world was also intelligent, her thought process as a soldier was definitely more aggressive.
Okay, that might not be very intuitive.
To put it simply, Himeko, as Valkyrie, is more inclined towards combat in her thought process, while as an unnamed guest, because the Train Conductor cannot leave the train, Himeko must act as the de facto leader of the Stellaron Hunters and conduct more extensive negotiations with external parties.
In this situation, the negotiation skills of the nameless Himeko are certainly not comparable to those of Murata Himeko, who is Theresa's assistant.
They're tough to deal with.
Without using Herrscher abilities, this Himeko is indeed more troublesome than Himeko- sensei.
Fortunately, she and I are not enemies.
Don't think too much about it now. I'll think about how to proceed after I see the Herta.
In the reception room, Asta looked at the Herta doll beside her and felt somewhat... uneasy.
The girl chosen by the Herta was certainly not a fool. Although Asta did not immediately understand what the intensity of those Imaginary Energy represented, after some time had passed, even if she still could not understand the current situation, she had at least sensed some things through the Herta's attitude.
Having spent so much time with the Herta, Asta has come to understand its nature.
In Asta's eyes, Lady Herta was certainly not a bad person, but she was definitely not a good-tempered one either.
She won't even waste time acknowledging something she has absolutely no interest in.
And if she encounters something or someone that interests her, the more important that person is, the more serious Herta's attitude will be.
At this moment, Asta secretly glanced at the Herta doll beside her and was quite certain that the Herta's attitude this time was quite serious.
Sigh, although I know our savior is mysterious, things seem to be heading in an unpredictable direction.
As for the Herta on the other side, although she noticed Asta's uneasy gaze, she certainly had no intention of paying attention to her at the moment.
In the eyes of the Herta, Asta was a very competent subordinate. In fact, the Herta had stated in some public occasions that Asta managed the space station very well. When other storage rooms could find a manager like Asta, they would be able to more easily choose to resign.
Given such an outstanding subordinate, Herta would normally spend some time with Asta.
But today—she doesn't have that thought anymore.
After some time, Herta felt that the conjecture that "the man might be fighting using a new energy system" was becoming increasingly likely to be true.
A new energy system, on a small scale, represents a new direction of research; on a large scale, it could change the very fabric of the universe.
Well, Herta isn't really interested in changing the landscape of the universe, but as a researcher, she certainly hopes to see something 'new'.
Moreover, among the people who came this time, there was not only Lin Yu, a guest of unknown origin who might be very important, but also a little devil with a star core sealed in his body.
In the beginning, the Herta built an entire space station to contain this unactivated star core and save Azure Star from disaster.
But now, someone has actually managed to seal a star core inside a human body using an even more ingenious method.
For Herta, this is also something worth investing its energy in.
Sealing a star core is an extremely rare method, but the technology to seal this Cancer of All Things within a living organism and keep it stable is so interesting that even the Herta itself has taken notice.
That's why Herta surprisingly felt a sense of anticipation to meet these two people.
At that moment, the two, each with their own thoughts, suddenly heard a sound coming from outside the door.
Several knocks came from outside the door, and the two of them heard Arlan's voice at the same time.
"Miss, Ms. Herta, our guests have arrived."
"Okay, please come in."
After activating access to the room's main door, Herta immediately turned its attention to Lin Yu and his daughter Lin Yi.
For convenience, the Herta placed many dolls inside the space station.
As long as she wants to communicate with people in a certain region, she can naturally switch her gaze to the corresponding puppet from the location of her main body.
On the way Lin Yu and the others arrived, Herta wasn't just waiting idly.
To confirm whether the Imaginary Energy intensity detection system had malfunctioned, Herta used his puppet on the other side to instruct the other staff to observe the data fluctuations.
As expected, the data sent by the staff who had received the orders from Herta this time made Herta even more convinced that his previous guess was very likely correct.
Even after a battle ends, beings like the Imaginary Energy Pathstrider will inevitably retain some Imaginary Energy on their bodies.
As this group of people passed through the passage, because there were no massive energy fluctuations caused by the Doomsday Beast, the detection system was able to more accurately detect the intensity of the Imaginary Energy remaining on everyone present.
The detection system detected that Dan Heng, March 7th, and Xing still had some Imaginary Energy remaining in their bodies.
However, no Imaginary Energy could be detected on Himeko, Lin Yi, and Lin Yu.
Although Himeko was reinforcements, she didn't fight after arriving, so it's not surprising that she didn't have Imaginary Energy.
As for Lin Yu and his daughter Lin Yi...
Lin Yu is an extremely strong person who knows how to restrain his power, so it's understandable that he doesn't have any Imaginary Energy.
But his daughter looked to be only about ten years old. A kid of that age would use Imaginary Energy while simultaneously restraining his power, resulting in no detectable intensity of Imaginary Energy on her body.
Herta thought even a three-year-old wouldn't believe that.
That's interesting, really interesting.
Not only Lin Yu, but even his daughter, like him, used other forms of energy during battle...
"That..."
Seeing a sharp glint seem to flash in the doll's eyes, Lin Yi asked decisively.
"This... little sister? big sister? auntie? grandma?"
"Could you please stop staring at me like that? Your gaze... it's giving me the creeps."
If the brat in front of him were just an ordinary brat, Herta would definitely have attacked him without hesitation.
But the problem now is...
Whether it's this little devil or her father, they are the ones who bring her new possibilities. In this situation, to treat her with the same attitude one would normally use towards an ordinary little devil would be a bit like asking for trouble.
"The little guy is quite perceptive."
After uttering those words lightly, Herta said nothing more.
Upon witnessing this scene, Asta immediately and naturally stepped forward, smiling at the strangers before her.
"Greetings, everyone. I am Asta, the stationmaster of the Herta Space Station, and the lady beside me is the true owner of the space station, Lady Herta."
Herta nodded slightly as he listened to Asta's introduction, quite satisfied with Asta.