While Kiana and the others were fooling around, Stelle and the others from the Honkai: Star Rail world had already arrived on Jarilo-VI.
At that moment, three people who looked utterly out of place in the surroundings were wandering across a snowfield outside Belobog.
One of them, a girl who looked like a pink ball come to life from a certain two-word game next door, shivered as she felt the cold around her.
"Brr... It really is a land of ice and snow!"
The cool-looking woman beside her unconsciously repeated March 7th's words:
"It really is a land of ice and snow!" ?-_-?
March 7th snapped back irritably:
"Are you a parrot or something?!"
Then she turned to look at the cool-looking guy beside her, who seemed very dependable.
"Sigh... It's all white as far as the eye can see. Which way are we supposed to go?" (′｀;)?
It sounded as though she were talking to herself, yet also as though she were telling someone it was their turn to step up.
Dependable Dan Heng naturally understood what March 7th meant.
"According to the coordinates, the target is not far ahead." (′-ι_-｀)
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get going!" (﹡?o?﹡)
Hearing that she actually had to walk, Stelle was displeased.
"What?! We have to walk part of the way?" Σ(?д?|||)??
Stelle couldn't understand why they had not landed directly at their destination, instead insisting on touching down in this deserted snowy wasteland.
March 7th turned her head away, looking a little awkward. She clearly did not want to answer that question.
But Dan Heng did not care about that. He stared straight at March 7th.
"Do you want to tell her about punching a hole in the Teyvat Colosseum, or should I?" (￢_￢)
Seeing how Dan Heng gave her no face at all, March 7th felt even more awkward. Still, she could not really say anything, since it had indeed been her fault that the entire Trailblaze Crew had been sentenced to half a month of community service.
"Uh... Let's not bring that up. Anyway, as long as we land somewhere without any living creatures, it's fine."
March 7th forcibly changed the subject.
But Dan Heng clearly had no intention of letting her brush it aside.
"Unless you want to experience half a month of The Trailblaze through community service again." (￢_￢)
Thinking of how he had worked hard for half a month without getting the slightest reward, all because of the pink-haired girl in front of him, Dan Heng's gaze became even more resentful.
March 7th was even more unhappy to see Dan Heng giving her no face.
"I said stop bringing it up..." ?_?
Sigh... my image as a senior. This is my first time taking a newcomer on a Trailblaze expedition, and Dan Heng really couldn't spare me even a little dignity!
Ignoring March 7th as she sulked to the side, Dan Heng put on the demeanor of a true senior and instructed Stelle beside him.
"Remember, you must be cautious with every step you take. We still know very little about this world." (?_?)
Stelle nodded, indicating that she understood.
Seeing Stelle's serious expression, Dan Heng felt that this newcomer should be more reliable than when he had taken March 7th along. Hmm... Then he remembered her rummaging through trash cans at the Space Station and all her bizarre antics in the Livestream Room, silently adding: at least on the surface.
To salvage some of her image as a senior, March 7th encouraged Stelle.
"See? With the three of us here, what problem can't we solve?" (?ˇ?ˇ?)
March 7th looked at Stelle, listing their special traits one by one as if to bolster their confidence.
"You've got a Stellaron inside you, I have one-of-a-kind Six-Phased Ice, and Dan Heng has, uh... Dan Heng has some mysterious past that nobody knows about." (???????)?*.
March 7th smiled confidently.
"Anyone who picks a fight with us is just asking for trouble!" ?(?^o^?)?
"They're just asking for trouble!" ╮(‵▽′)╭
Stelle repeated March 7th's words.
March 7th fully performed her duty as the group's designated straight man.
"How long have you had this repeating symptom?"
Seeing that Stelle seemed about to say something else, and afraid she would keep repeating herself, March 7th hurriedly changed the subject.
"Come on, bravely explore the unknown. That is the spirit of—The Trailblaze!" ??(??ω??)?
The three continued onward in the direction Dan Heng had pointed.
As they walked, they suddenly noticed a snowdrift ahead of them trembling nonstop, accompanied by heavy breathing.
Stelle stared at the snowdrift, endlessly speculating about what it might be. Could it be a local specialty of this planet, a living snowdrift? Or was treasure hidden inside? Wait, could it be a wild man? She had not expected Galaxy Bat Man's first battle on this planet to be against a wild man!
In any case, it definitely could not be a human. What sane person would hide inside a snowdrift for fun in weather this cold?
Anyone with a functioning brain would not do something like that.
Stelle suddenly looked at March 7th, then turned away again.
Actually... it wasn't impossible.
No matter what Stelle was thinking, unaware that Stelle had silently compared her to the snowdrift in her heart, March 7th walked over and said helplessly to it:
"Hey! Stop hiding. You're shivering from the cold." (?_?)
The snowdrift immediately stopped moving upon hearing March 7th's words.
Seeing the snowdrift suddenly go still, March 7th felt helpless. Wasn't that basically admitting it? It felt like the person hiding in there had an even lower IQ than she did.
But to prevent the person inside from freezing to death while hiding from them, March 7th continued teasing the snowdrift:
"It won't help even if you hold back your voice." (￢_￢)
He stopped moving the moment someone spoke to him. Wasn't that just making it obvious that he had heard us?
Did he think that if he stopped moving, then the person who had been shivering from the cold before would no longer be him? Was this that thing Uncle Yang had mentioned—covering... covering what while stealing what?
Unable to remember the idiom, March 7th simply could not be bothered to think about it anymore.
Seeing that the snowdrift did not react, March 7th wanted to say something else, but Dan Heng interrupted her.
"Move aside, March."
Unlike the rather foolish... ahem, rather innocent March 7th, who lacked much vigilance, Dan Heng, as the train's librarian, knew that many villains in the universe—bandits and the like—liked to hide in certain places and launch surprise attacks on passersby when they were not paying attention.
The simplest way to deal with people like that was...
"The best way to deal with someone playing the fool to deceive others is..."
Oh—ah! Right, right, playing the fool to deceive others. No wonder I couldn't remember it for so long. Dan Heng really is reliable.
March 7th thought silently and stepped aside.
Dan Heng slowly walked up to the snowdrift and continued.
"...to smash the bell right onto his head!"
Dan Heng pulled out Cloud-Piercer, the spear that never left his side, and jabbed it toward the snowdrift.
Cloud-Piercer stabbed straight into the snowdrift.
"Ow!"
With a startled cry, a blue-haired man dressed in a flamboyant outfit suddenly sprang out of the snowdrift.
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