Collapse: The Cross-Dressing Strategy for Kiana
Chapter 70

Chapter 70

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The Black Swan agreed to guide them, and the Garden of Recollection recorded all living beings. Finding a planet from countless years ago was not difficult.

In the original storyline, the Astral Express Crew also explicitly stated that they had visited Jarilo-VI thousands of years ago, when it was a vibrant planet teeming with life.

It's almost become a death star now.

King Amber won't do.

So, the group only strolled around the perimeter of Penacony and had no intention of going inside or even entering the dreamlike area.

Bai Yan politely declined such places.

Nightingale was determined to take a long vacation. Unlike the big star she would become later, she was still a young girl, not much older than Kiana and others, and not so well-behaved yet.

The bird wants to fly now.

However.

When Bai Yan saw a girl in a red shirt with pigtails skipping and hopping towards him, he finally couldn't help but smile.

She wore a half-red, half-white fox mask on her head, and had two beauty marks under her eyes. When she walked, she looked like a vibrant red goldfish.

No one around seemed to see her, while the latter walked towards Bai Yan with a grin.

Bai Yan and his group of four all looked at her.

Sparkle approached and looked Bai Yan up and down, seemingly even happier.

She shrugged at Bai Yan: "Where's your script?"

The other three immediately stared at him.

The Nightingale's expression seemed to say, "I never imagined you were the Masked Fool?!"

"No, I'm not..."

"Then, Xiao Yan, why are you laughing?"

"Uh, I've thought of something happy."

"What's the good news?"

"I'm going to see my mom and my sisters."

"..."

Jingliu understands him; this is no lie. Most likely, they are two similar flowers in the universe, which evoked some kind of emotion in him.

If that's the case, there's no need to worry too much.

Sparkle put her hands behind her back, still looking at him. "The script?"

"Why do we need a script? Let's just act it out. Plans can never keep up with changes; we're not Nous who can predict everything."

"That makes sense, hehe."

Hearing Sparkle say this, Bai Yan was immediately relieved.

He wasn't initially confident, but since this person was interested, it meant...

At least things won't stay the same!

"Wait a minute, Bai Yan! If the Masked Fool gets involved, things could take an unpredictable turn!" Nightingale warned worriedly.

"It's better than a slow death. Besides, don't be too prejudiced against the Masked Fool; people just enjoy the show."

If the people of Jarilo-VI knew their true situation, they wouldn't care so much about which star god to worship; they would just believe in whoever could save them.

Even if one were to use the Abundance to periodically instigate monstrous disturbances to maintain their immortal status, that would only happen after they had lived for a very long time.

Upon hearing Sparkle, Hanabi looked at Bai Yan meaningfully.

"If you want my help, why don't you invite me to your party?"

Bai Yan raised an eyebrow.

"It depends on fate; I don't really understand the rules behind it."

"I see..."

She stared at the inside of Bai Yan's clothes, her gaze seemingly penetrating the fabric to see the several trays of spare, potent mosquito coils.

There, lies a whole new world...

"That's a real shame. Let's go."

Then, the Sparkle disappeared, and it's unclear how they left.

Only then did Jingliu speak up and ask, "Xiaoyan, what exactly are your plans?"

"Well... I just hope that Jarilo-VI will at least be seen by someone, instead of being trapped on the planet and dying there due to the technological gap."

Upon hearing this, Jingliu, with his long life experience, seemed to sense another meaning. He immediately abandoned his casual attitude and began to take the matter seriously.

"So, whose contact information do you want?"

"Aha —no, I meant Stellaris Hunters and the company, but there shouldn't be any important figures from the company here at Penacony today."

"You just said 'Aha,' right?"

"It's the Star God influencing me. You know, a being like this at the end of the road is like a dimensional reduction attack for someone like me."

Immediately afterwards, Jingliu made a move that even Bai Yan hadn't expected.

She reached out and pinched the other person's ear hard.

"No, no, no, Master, I really just wanted to save people!"

Then the Jingliu is released.

"I'll be with you this time, so don't go too far."

"Oh..."

The Nightingale chuckled quietly for a moment, then returned to normal.

Guided by Garden of Recollection, the three of them arrived together outside the atmosphere of Yalilo.

"There are still living people on this planet? They must be having a really tough time." Jingliu said.

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The Nightingale, witnessing the scene before it, seemed to hear the feeble cries of all living beings echoing in its ears, and these cries continued to fade, as life vanished like snowflakes.

"Look, it's a good thing the people here aren't very educated, otherwise we would see a completely new Denizens of Abundance, killing and killing everywhere while chanting 'Hurrah'."

Then someone came out and accused: You bunch of bad guys, you actually sided with the Abundance!

"Don't ask why they sided with the Abundance, just question the act of siding with him..."

"King Amber, look at what you've been protecting!"

Bai Yan kept rambling on, constantly criticizing Qlipoth.

Then Jingliu slapped him on the head again to quiet him down.

"Land now, I'll control the speed."

As the former Sword Master of the Xianzhou Alliance, Jingliu's strength was enough to challenge the Emanator, and he could easily ensure that a few people could land safely on a planet.

If all else fails, Bai Yan will restart the Imaginary Singularity and manually create a thruster buffer using the power of the Plague Gem.

The group landed on the snow, not far from Belobog. To avoid misunderstandings and unexpected conflicts, they kept a low profile.

"Should we go find the manager here now?" Jingliu asked.

"It's a bit cold. Let's warm ourselves by the fire first. There's no rush to find Cocolia."

As he spoke, Bai Yan took out the Plague Gem.

Towering flames rose into the sky, and terrifying tongues of fire swept across an area of several kilometers.

In an instant, all the ice and snow melted, and the melted water flowed downstream from high to low.

A stream slowly formed, converged in front of the three people, and then stopped flowing.

Its source was still covered in ice and snow, but at the confluence point, which was outside the influence of the Flame Authority, it immediately froze back into ice.

The three of them felt as if the weather around them had turned from winter to summer, becoming unbearably hot.

Nightingale: "..."

Is this what you mean by warming yourself by the fire?

"Let me make this clear first, I did not intend to summon the Annihilation Lord; it all has a deeper meaning."

Bai Yan made it clear that he was trying to prevent the Destruction the place by burning everything he saw, thinking that this made him seem quite innocent.

"Attracting the people of Belobog? Indeed, the reason this place has survived is mostly due to the Preservation of its people, while a small portion of them need to obtain their own fuel for warmth," Jingliu sighed.

"To what extent can that gem achieve?" the Nightingale asked.

"In the previous civilization era in our land, the Herrscher of Flame with the same powers burned a 7.69 million square kilometer area to the ground in seven days. But my power has not yet recovered, so I can only use it to set mountains on fire."

"You were in front of that General of Divine Strategy at that time..."

Nightingale was shocked to hear this. He had so little strength left, yet he dared to show off in front of Jing Yuan?

"A gentleman can be deceived by his principles. Lao Jingren is a good person. As long as I don't cross the line, he won't hold it against me."

"..."

Nightingale had a general idea of who the people were.

Hearing Bai Yan say that gave me a strange feeling.

So you're just going to get angry with your senior brother, huh?

"Someone's here. It seems your method worked."

A considerable number of Silvermane Guards arrived; Bai Yan roughly counted them and estimated there to be forty or fifty. They all had solemn expressions, and there was a hint of tension in their eyes.

Is it Fragmentum or...?

Bai Yan stood up, and as soon as he got closer, he saw a blonde woman stand out.

She said, "Serval Landau, may I ask if you gentlemen are visitors from outer space?"

"Yes, I am Bai Yan from Xianzhou Luofu. This is my master Jingliu, and this is my friend Nightingale."

After saying that, Bai Yan took out a pocket-sized photo album from his pocket.

This photo album was originally printed out, and I planned to give another set to Rita, but due to an accident, I couldn't give it to her. When I transformed into the Herrscher of Flame, my long dress was assimilated into the Herrscher Armor, and the photo album was protected by the armor and did not burn completely.

Now that he's brought it out, it's come in handy.

Besides Theresa, Bronya Zaycek is also in the film.

He flipped to a picture of Bronya holding Humo doll and showed it to Serval.

"I'm here to find someone. This is a friend of mine. We lost contact for a long time, and I only recently heard news of her by chance, so I came here."

Serval took the photo album and saw a little girl with gray hair, whose long hair was shaped like a drill.

"Her name is Bronya. Do you have any news about her?"

Serval handed the album back to him, her eyes filled with suspicion.

The person in the photo does indeed resemble that young lady, but the background is completely different from anywhere else in Belobog.

—Because the place where the photo was taken was St. Freya's dormitory.

Moreover, the boy in front of her said he came from the Xianzhou Alliance, even though Bronya had never left this planet.

Because it was so outrageous, Serval did not voice her doubts.

She looked up at the fiery field above her head.

"Excuse me, what is this?"

"It's a bit cold, and we're not used to the climate here, so we're making a fire. Please forgive us for bothering you."

The Silvermane Guards looked at each other, gazing at the fiery field, as if it could burn forever.

Looking down, I saw neither the Geomarrow nor any indication that it needed any other fuel.

What kind of power is this?

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