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Chapter 39

Two Sentences That Made March 7th Feel Guilty for Life / Don't Get Fooled by a Mature Older Sister

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"This voice—one listen and you could tell she had a tsundere personality! I love it!"

"Gasp, she was wearing white stockings? Now I can't not spend money!"

"She was tiny, and really cute too!"

Using the Star Rail Express as bait to lure out the Stellaron Hunters had originally been Fu Xuan's proposal.

Jing Yuan: [Mm. Thanks to Minister Fu having everything under control, I'll be relying on you for everything that follows.]

Fu Xuan's response was downright shocking.

[Hmph, then step down sooner.]

Daring to tell the Xianzhou General directly to retire early—those words gave the viewers quite a fright!

Even Qingque, who was slacking off on the Main Story somewhere on the Xianzhou, sighed.

"Oh my, although the Grand Diviner is rather lacking in height, she really is brave!"

[Speaking of which, at the next Six Lords council meeting, you should fulfill your promise to recommend me as your successor as general...]

Listening to Fu Xuan's confident declaration, Jing Yuan merely gave a perfunctory reply.

[Mm-hm, sure, sure, got it. I have important matters to attend to. I'll leave the rest to you, Minister Fu.]

The viewers immediately burst into laughter at Jing Yuan's posture, as though he were humoring a child!

"Sure enough, experience trumps youth!"

"The Diviner Lord is still too green in front of General Jing Yuan!"

"There can't be two suns in the sky. In my heart, General Jing Yuan is the only sun!"

"Loy! Al!"

"These two... I ship them!"

"Huh? Peak fiction!"

Fu Xuan on the Luofu had originally intended to use this opportunity to ask Jing Yuan further questions, but seeing that he still wore a serious expression, she temporarily set the matter aside.

In the story, the three members of the Train Crew preparing to search for clues about Kafka alongside Tingyun first planned to let their Companions on the train know they were safe.

However, there seemed to be a problem with the signal. The scene shifted, arriving at Dan Heng's perspective.

Dan Heng, who had originally had no intention of getting involved with the Xianzhou again, saw Blade in Kafka's communication records. Sensing danger, he decided to make a trip to the Xianzhou as well.

After landing on the Xianzhou, he also encountered Sushang and Luocha along the way.

Although the players had a good impression of the gentle-looking Doctor Luo, since his trial showed that he was a limited healer—

That familiar blond face made Welt feel almost physically uncomfortable, while Jing Yuan, who knew the Stellaron had been brought by this man, turned cold-eyed as well.

The three then entered the Luofu together. After a short segment from Dan Heng's perspective, the story shifted back once more.

After discussing things, Tingyun took out a tiny Diting and decided to use it to search for clues about Kafka.

To test Diting's capabilities, Tingyun had it memorize her scent, then vanished in a flash.

The three members of the Train Crew then used Diting to track Tingyun's scent, but something strange happened along the way!

Tingyun's scent disappeared for a period of time!

Jing Yuan keenly noticed this. He felt as though he had grasped a thread of a clue!

How had Phantylia, Great-Eradicator and Emanator of Nanook, silently replaced Tingyun and infiltrated the Xianzhou?

Had the Xianzhou's internal forces collaborated with her throughout this series of actions?

A cold killing intent flashed through the depths of his eyes, and Jing Yuan's gaze grew profound.

"This debt hasn't been settled yet!"

Two Sentences That Made March 7th Feel Guilty for Life

The story reached the part where Tingyun tested Diting's capabilities. Her scent suddenly vanished, and when they finally found Tingyun after asking around, the visible traces representing her scent had already disappeared from her body!

Even when they arrived at Star-Returning Port for the introduction, March 7th had felt something was off.

[Tingyun, you don't seem worried about the Xianzhou at all?]

However, Tingyun's response was equally flawless. In business, one had to keep one's emotions hidden, and for a Xianzhou person, a Stellaron outbreak truly was no major matter.

Later, after they tracked down Kafka through Diting, they faced Cloud-to-Sea Guards who had not yet become Mara-Struck but had been controlled by Kafka's Word of Power. Tingyun's reaction was extremely genuine as well.

[These Cloud-to-Sea Guards haven't become Mara-Struck... What did you do to them?]

Her indignant tone was full of emotion. If Phantylia had been impersonating her, there would have been no need to go to such lengths.

They continued watching with their doubts in mind. Kafka kept leading everyone somewhere as though toying with prey, and in the end, she simply waited in place.

Kafka: [Welcome, members of the Train Crew. You caught me.]

Welt: [Show your hand, Kafka. Us coming here should all be part of your plan.]

Kafka: [Not a plan. We intervened among countless possible futures and made the best one reality.]

Those words pointed directly at the leader of the Stellaron Hunters, Elio, known as the Slave of Fate.

He possessed the ability—or perhaps it was a curse—to foresee possible futures.

A certain Tomato Person gave him the nickname Ben Yizhigai!

And after negotiating with Kafka, a battle was ultimately unavoidable!

Boss Kafka appeared before the players for the first time and demonstrated her unique mechanic—Word of Power!

It had a high chance of inflicting the [Domination] state on a designated allied target, advancing their action, and immediately making them randomly attack one other allied target.

This unique mechanic earned Silver Wolf's praise.

"That really suits your style. I didn't expect even your Word of Power to be this clear. I wonder if I'll have a boss form too. Its mechanics would definitely be cool!"

Silver Wolf then began imagining herself as a boss: health locks, revivals, summoning minions...

After a round of battle, Kafka raised her gun where she stood, looking as though she were surrendering, though she murmured under her breath.

[Finally, you're here.]

Kafka suddenly raised both guns and unleashed a barrage into the sky. Yet as the bullets poured out, time seemed to freeze, leaving them suspended in midair!

A tiny foot lightly tapped a Warhead, sending ripples through the air like a dragonfly touching water!

A graceful purple figure descended from the sky. With a delicate hand, she gently brushed aside the Warheads around her and spoke calmly.

[Tricks of no consequence. Every move you make was already foretold by the divination of my sacred eye.]

The scene shifted again. After Fu Xuan intervened, the firepower spewing from Kafka's twin guns burst into sparks across the surrounding ground, yet everyone standing within it remained completely unharmed!

[Divination Department. Fu Xuan. I'm taking custody of the criminal now.]

Fu Xuan slowly descended from the air, leaving the viewers gasping in amazement!

"Elegant. Absolutely elegant!"

"My god, was that Time Stop? She just reached out and moved the bullets aside—was that even possible?!"

"This is the Diviner Lord's power!"

"I've switched sides. This time, I support Lady Fu Xuan as the Luofu's leader!"

Watching her own cool entrance on the game screen, Fu Xuan could not help feeling a little delighted. However, she still crossed her arms, turned away, and gave a very cool "Hmph!"

The next part of the story had Fu Xuan take custody of Kafka, preparing to use the Divination Department's exclusive Great Memory Restoration Technique to extract information from her.

As guests entrusted by the general, the Star Rail Express had the right to know the information obtained from interrogating Kafka. However, since it involved the Divination Department's privacy, the Train Crew had to wait outside for a while.

While they waited for news and wandered around Changlong, they suddenly saw a Cloud-to-Sea Guard lying on a stretcher in the middle of the plaza undergo a mutation!

The Cloud-to-Sea Guard clutched his head with both hands, seemingly in unbearable pain. Some kind of branches began growing continuously from his body, and his entire figure became horrifying!

Just as the Mara-Struck was about to lash out and hurt someone, a pair of tiny feet came running swiftly into view!

[Everyone, get back!]

The tiny figure leaped into the air and spun around, her dragon tail fiercely knocking him unconscious!

[Quick, make him drink this medicine and lie down obediently.]

With horns on her head and a tail behind her, she was none other than the tiny Dragon Girl, Bailu!

Her adorable appearance, combined with her precious Survival Attribute during the early game, had made Bailu an extremely popular Five-Star Character. Many people kept rerolling accounts just to pull a Bailu from the Beginner Banner!

"Ahhh! We finally get to see baby Bailu! She's so cute!"

"Baby, hehe! My little Bailu!"

"I'm Lady Bailu's dog!"

"I've reincarnated and restarted three times already. Why do I still not have Bailu?! Sob, sob, Bailu, take me away!"

"So cute, I'm done for!"

"Open up, Cloud-to-Sea Guard!"

"Fun fact: when the Abundance Dragon Clan reaches the end of its lifespan, it forms a cocoon and undergoes Nirvana, returning to a childlike body. So Bailu's age isn't an issue!"

"You learn this kind of thing pretty fast, huh!"

In the story, Bailu had yet to react after knocking down one Mara-Struck when she was surrounded by even more soldiers transforming into Mara-Struck. Fortunately, Himeko stepped in to help her out.

Bailu: [Thank you, big brother and big sister, for helping stabilize the patients' emotions. That technique was quite impressive.]

"Haha! What the hell is blunt-force anesthesia? I'm dying of laughter!"

"Patient won't behave? Then beat him repeatedly until he enters an anesthetized state!"

"She truly grasped the essence of the Analects of Smashing!"

In the story, the Train Crew was extremely curious about this tiny physician who had suddenly appeared. They even thought she was some family's child playing pretend!

March 7th: [Where did this kid come from? Where's your dad?]

Bailu: [I don't have a dad.]

March 7th: [Then where's your mom?]

Bailu: [I don't have a mom either.]

Watching March 7th scratch her head, the viewers burst into laughter again!

"Oh, no, I can't take it anymore! I'm really losing it! Hahaha!"

"Two sentences that made March 7th feel guilty for life!"

"On a night many years later, March 7th lay in her room on the train, staring at the starry sky outside the window, unable to stop herself from slapping herself hard again!"

"No weaknesses whatsoever. She was practically born to be a forum war god!"

Bailu knew from March 7th's expression that they thought she was a child, so she explained that the Abundance Dragon Clan was self-sustaining through reincarnation and did not need any father or mother!

After bidding farewell to Bailu, they entered a short segment of the Medicine Master's Legacy Questline and Dan Heng Questline. When they returned to the main perspective afterward, they received a message from the Divination Department!

[Hello, everyone. The Grand Diviner ordered me to wait for you.]

[By my calculations, you should be arriving about now.]

[There's urgent business at hand, so I can't get away.]

Looking at the message in the game, Fu Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly, seeming to realize something!

Meanwhile, Qingque, who was slacking off somewhere, suddenly felt a chill at her back and immediately began sweating profusely!

"Oh no, why did they include this part too?!"

Don't Let a Mature Big Sister Fool You

Watching the message sent to the protagonist in the story, Qingque, who had originally been slacking off, suddenly felt a chill run down her back!

"This message... why does it look so familiar..."

This seemed to be the message she had sent. If she remembered correctly, at the time, she had been...

Qingque no longer dared imagine the next scene, but unfortunately, the story would not stop because of that!

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