Someone in Honkai: Star Rail, a Healer

"It's a vitality supplement."

"Cough, cough... Huh?" Abraham looked at Lin Nai blankly. "What supplement?"

"Hmm, I got it from a staff member named Joey. They say one bottle refreshes your mind, two bottles make you never tired, and three bottles grant immortality~ Oh yeah?"

"..."

Abraham's brain completely froze, as if he had seen the universe.

So what exactly is this stuff?

However, with Lin Nai's interruption, Abraham did feel a bit more awake.

Of course.

Maybe the potion actually worked?

"Right, Big Brother Lin Nai, what are you doing in the Defense Department?" Abraham patted his face, rallied himself, and asked.

"Oh, I'm looking for Arlan. I just arrived and saw that the entire Defense Department was wiped out."

Lin Nai swept his gaze across the room.

It could be said that not many people present were fully awake; they were either slumped over their desks or dazed.

There was even one person who had crashed into a pillar and then collapsed, unconscious.

Youth is good, you can fall asleep anywhere.

"Big Brother Arlan... Hmm, speaking of which, I haven't seen Big Brother Arlan at all today."

"You haven't seen him?"

"Yeah, I don't know if it's because I came late." Abraham scratched his head sheepishly.

He had been dazed all day, completely lacking energy.

Lin Nai pondered for a moment. Could Arlan have gone to play frisbee with Peppy?

Or maybe he went on patrol?

But that shouldn't be the case. When he went to the Black Tower's office today, he hadn't seen him playing frisbee with Peppy either.

Of course, it wasn't impossible that he had been on patrol earlier and was now playing with Peppy.

Afterward, Lin Nai asked a few more Defense Department staff members, but the result was the same: no one had seen Arlan.

This result made Lin Nai feel that something was wrong.

So, he went to a place where he could see the entire space station.

The monitoring room.

When in doubt, check the monitors. If Arlan had left his dormitory, he would definitely be found!

Black Tower Space Station - Base Module Section - Monitoring Room.

"That's strange..."

Lin Nai sat in a chair, propping his face with one hand, and quickly scanned the monitors with confusion.

He had basically used several screens to watch replays, starting from yesterday.

There was no sign of Arlan anywhere.

Neither near Peppy nor in his usual patrol routes, not even a shadow.

It was as if... he hadn't come out at all after resting last night.

However, speaking of which.

While reviewing the surveillance footage, Lin Nai noticed that many staff members seemed to be in the same situation as the Defense Department.

At first, Lin Nai didn't pay much attention.

For those workaholics, staying up late to study wasn't unusual.

So, it was quite common in the Black Tower Space Station for some staff members to appear sleepy and dazed.

However, after Lin Nai had checked almost all the surveillance feeds in the space station, he discovered that it wasn't just a few individuals, but almost all departments of the Black Tower Space Station were in this state.

It was then that Lin Nai remembered that four days ago, Asta had mentioned this troublesome issue.

If he said there was no connection, Lin Nai would find it hard to believe.

Things might be a bit serious.

Even Wen Shiqi, who often slacked off in the core passage, was the same.

Some energetic staff members were even more so, looking like wilted flowers.

Something was wrong.

Nine out of ten chances, something was very wrong.

After repeatedly reviewing the surveillance footage and records, Lin Nai took out a pen and paper to start recording.

To be precise, it wasn't just today.

About a week ago, a small number of people started experiencing this situation.

Then the numbers gradually increased, just like a contagious disease.

After a moment of thought, Lin Nai, holding the written report, returned to Black Tower's office.

This matter was clearly problematic, and it seemed to involve the entire Black Tower space station.

So, to be safe, it was better to notify them.

But...

"Black Tower! I have something to... Black Tower?"

Upon returning to Black Tower's office, Lin Nai found it completely empty.

Even the puppets were gone.

This made Lin Nai pause.

Black Tower wasn't in the office?

Afterward, Lin Nai walked out and casually found a Black Tower puppet, reaching out to pinch the face of the puppet in front of them.

Hmm...

No reaction.

Then, Lin Nai ran all over the Black Tower space station, checking each puppet one by one.

The conclusion reached was:

While Lin Nai was reviewing the surveillance footage, Black Tower had been controlling a puppet to pilot a spaceship and temporarily leave the space station.

Damn it!

Sitting on the chair, Lin Nai felt a massive headache coming on.

Black Tower had just left, and then this happened. It was truly troublesome.

Oh, wait, that wasn't quite right.

To be precise, Black Tower had just left, and it was only after that Lin Nai discovered this issue.

Lin Nai wondered if Black Tower could still make it back in time.

After much deliberation, Lin Nai took out their phone and sent a few messages to Black Tower, informing them of the current situation on the space station.

And then...

Lin Nai had to consider what to do next.

The first thing to do should be to head to the containment sector.

That's where the anomalous objects were kept. Lin Nai needed to check if anything was missing or if anything had escaped.

After that, they would go to the Chamber of Unknowing.

That's where the Star Core was kept. They needed to determine if that was the target.

Shit.

What if the space station suddenly exploded later?

Thinking this, Lin Nai picked up their phone again and contacted Silver Wolf, planning to see if they were currently preparing for a mission or something.

In fact, Silver Wolf usually informed Lin Nai whenever they went on a mission.

For example, where they were going, or if they needed any souvenirs.

They wouldn't reveal the specifics of the mission, of course.

But they would usually give a heads-up...

Uh, it was hard to say if that would happen this time, especially since Lin Nai had just annoyed them a few days ago.

So, it was better to ask.

Chapter 14: Comatose Asta

As soon as Lin Nai finished sending the message to Silver Wolf, a small white dog suddenly lunged.

It bit down on Lin Nai's pants.

"Woof woof!!"

"Peppy, hey? Wait... don't pull my pants!" Lin Nai quickly grabbed their pants, which were about to be torn off by Peppy.

Where did this little dog get so much strength!

This strength was truly powerful! So powerful!

"Peppy! Peppy! Stop pulling! I'll go with you, okay!"

If this continued, these pants would be ruined.

Before Lin Nai could even figure out what was happening on the space station, they themselves might be in trouble. (Meaning, facing extreme embarrassment on the Black Tower space station.)

It was as if it understood Lin Nai's words.

The little white dog then loosened its grip, let out a yip at Lin Nai, and trotted off.

Lin Nai tugged up his pants and quickly followed after getting up from the chair.

That little guy almost pulled his pants down.

Really...

Did the pant leg come loose?

Led by Peppy, Lin Nai arrived at Asta's room door.

Peppy then extended its paw, scratching at the door incessantly, and barked a few times at Lin Nai.

Lin Nai walked up and gently knocked on the door, "Asta, are you awake?"

After a few seconds, there was no response from inside.

Seeing this, Lin Nai knocked again, and after waiting a few more minutes with no response.

He then swiped his card to open the door.

Just as Asta could easily enter Lin Nai's room, pull him out of bed, and forcibly power him on.

Lin Nai could, of course, also easily open the other's room door.

After opening the door.

Lin Nai walked in with Peppy.

Hmm.