Chapter 2562

"Of course! My benefactor, do you... do you know where the Yaoshi went?" Feiying leaned closer to Chen Li, narrowed her eyes, and stared intently at Chen Li.

"Who knows? Maybe he's somewhere contemplating life." Chen Li shrugged.

"Do you think I'd believe that?" Feiying leaned forward another half inch.

Something about Chen Li's statement just now seemed off.

"Hard to say," Chen Li said calmly.

"Don't say those two words anymore! Every time you say those two words, nothing good ever comes of it!" Feiying stomped her foot in frustration.

"Sigh, really? Uh... Anyway, let's figure out a way to get the train to Duality Paradise first." Chen Li changed the subject, bringing the conversation back on track.

"That might be a bit difficult." Himeko gently put down her coffee cup and suddenly spoke.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Chen Li looked at Himeko.

"For the Astral Express to take flight, it needs to lay silver tracks. Normally, it can stop on any planet without any problem. However, it's impossible to lay silver tracks in New Penacony, so the Astral Express can't take off," Himeko explained, putting down her coffee cup.

In the real world, the Astral Express doesn't have so many concerns, but the problem is this is the New Penacony.

"Oh, that's easy. Watch me. By the way, Himeko, do you want to go to Duality Paradise Boundary Stone find Mr. Ryusuke first? We'll be there shortly." Chen Li nodded, his tone showing no sign of trouble.

"Is this... alright?" Himeko hesitated slightly.

"It's just as well that we can't be completely sure that Mr. Ryusuke is an imposter. You can go and investigate first. If you can successfully identify him, you can save the real Mr. Ryusuke a beating," Chen Li said after nodding.

"What you said makes sense. I'll go now." Himeko nodded after a moment's thought and stood up from the sofa.

"Okay, go ahead... Do you need to call Xing or March 7th back so they can go with you?" Chen Li asked.

"No need." Himeko shook her head.

She needed to use her own eyes to confirm whether the Murata Ryusuke, who was suspected of being Guiji or possessed by Guiji, was the real deal.

Some things, no one else can do for you.

After nodding to Chen Li, Himeko took out her King-Subject Jade Tablet from her bosom and activated it.

The jade pendant emitted a soft glow, which spread from Himeko's fingertips to her entire body. The next moment, Himeko's figure vanished from the spot in the light.

Boundary Stone are placed on the Astral Express, and the same is true for the Huishi Academy located in the Duality Paradise.

Even if some people object to placing Boundary Stone in schools that require privacy, some students are simply too eager to earn Trailblaze Points to care about privacy.

"Sigh... then why not just use the Boundary Stone to teleport the Astral Express to the Duality Paradise?" Feiying seemed to have discovered something and asked, tilting her head.

"That's a good question, but please don't ask it again." Chen Li shook his head.

"Why?" Feiying tilted her head, seemingly puzzled.

"Pom-Pom thinks the passengers might want to give Himeko and her father some time alone," Pom-Pom whispered to Chen Li as she emerged from a corner of the Parlor Car.

"I've considered that. But more importantly... help me, Raiden Ei!" Chen Li nodded, then suddenly changed the subject and shouted.

As Chen Li finished speaking, a bolt of purple lightning suddenly lit up the Parlor Car.

After the lightning dissipated, a figure dressed in a Japanese-style outer robe appeared before Chen Li.

Upon seeing Chen Li, a look of joy flashed in Raiden Ei's eyes. He took a step forward and hugged Chen Li tightly.

"Alright, alright, let go. There are still so many people watching." Chen Li patted Raiden Ei's back lightly and said.

"What's wrong? Do you need any help? By the way, isn't the teleportation effect I just bought cool?" Raiden Ei coughed lightly, took a step back, his face slightly flushed, and then regained his calm tone, but a hint of boasting could still be heard.

"That's really cool... By the way, I need you to prepare a sumptuous dinner for me on the Astral Express," Chen Li said to Raiden Ei.

"Huh? Me?" Raiden Ei's eyes widened slightly, his tone carrying a hint of surprise.

"That's right. I can't imagine anyone else besides you possessing such astonishing culinary skills." Chen Li said without changing his expression.

"You didn't secretly curse me, did you?" Raiden Ei touched his chin with his finger, looking at Chen Li suspiciously.

"How is that possible?" Chen Li blinked.

"Okay! I'll go prepare then! By the way, Train Conductor, um... where's the kitchen on the Astral Express?" Raiden Ei nodded enthusiastically, then turned to look at Pom-Pom.

"Uh, this... um... passenger Chen Li, are you really alright?" Pom-Pom opened her mouth, then asked Chen Li in a slightly uneasy whisper.

Raiden Ei might not be very confident in his own culinary skills, but Pom-Pom certainly is.

Raiden Ei was spoiled by Chen Li. Because Chen Li could eat anything, Raiden Ei's confidence in his cooking skills inflated to an unprecedented level.

"Don't worry," Chen Li said confidently.

"That's good." Pom-Pom breathed a long sigh of relief and patted her round chest.

On the bright side, maybe Chen Li gave Raiden Ei a Miraculous Item that would make cooking taste better. After all, this guy has all sorts of strange and unusual things.

"I can fix the kitchen if it explodes," Chen Li added.

"What's so great about this?!" Pom-Pom's ears perked up instantly, and she couldn't help but exclaim.

"Indeed." Feiying nodded seriously.

"Come with me. The kitchen is this way." Although Pom-Pom complained, out of trust in Chen Li, it still sighed and waved to Raiden Ei.

"Wait a minute." Chen Li called out to Raiden Ei, who was about to leave.

Raiden Ei turned to look at Chen Li, his face showing confusion.

"Go for it. Show me your best culinary skills and your most imaginative ideas. Don't let any rules or regulations limit you; the more freedom you have, the better," Chen Li earnestly encouraged Raiden Ei.

"No problem!" Raiden Ei nodded vigorously, a flicker of eager anticipation in his eyes. He then turned and followed Pom-Pom toward the kitchen, his steps lighter than before.

It's time for me to show off my skills again.

"My benefactor, what exactly are you going to do?" Feiying asked Chen Li curiously from the side.

Although Feiying wasn't very familiar with Raiden Ei, she had the good fortune to have seen the bowl of food that Raiden Ei was holding from afar on the playground of Origami University.

The clay pot of rice noodles, still bubbling with eerie purple bubbles, left an extremely deep impression on her.

Chapter 2562

The color, the smell, and the reaction of everyone around taking three steps back...

And judging from Pom-Pom's reaction just now, it's clear that the food Raiden Ei made must be incredibly imaginative.

"Didn't I promise Dan Heng I'd treat Mr. Ryusuke well? Alright, enough of that, let's get ready to take the Astral Express to the Duality Paradise." Chen Li smiled at Feiying.

"How do you fly it? Didn't they say it can't fly without silver rails?" Feiying blinked.

"Have you ever ridden a roller coaster?" Chen Li suddenly asked a completely unrelated question.

"What do you mean?" Feiying tilted her head, her face full of question marks.

Before Feiying could even ask her question, Chen Li had already strode towards the door of the Parlor Car and stepped off the Astral Express.

Just as Feiying was wondering, she suddenly felt a very slight vibration under her feet.

The train started moving.

Feiying hurriedly looked around, her gaze finally settling on the car window beside her.

Through the thick glass, she saw the scenery outside the window moving downwards at a visible speed. No, it wasn't the scenery moving... it was the Astral Express rising.

The platform floor gradually receded from the lower edge of the train window to the bottom of the field of vision, then to the edge of the platform, and then to the lawn below the platform illuminated by streetlights.

Feiying rushed to the car window in disbelief, bracing her hands on the glass and staring wide-eyed at the spotless, slightly reflective platform floor outside.

Chen Li was standing below the platform, steadily supporting the chassis of the Astral Express with one hand, lifting the entire train as if it were a slightly heavy suitcase.

Chen Li's posture wasn't even considered strenuous; he simply raised one hand above his head while keeping the other hand in his pocket, and he steadily supported the entire Astral Express, along with the weight of everyone in the carriage, in his palm.

"???" Feiying's mouth opened into a perfect oval shape.

No... what's going on? My benefactor, what are you trying to do?

"Hey! Hold on tight! The Astral Express is about to depart!" Chen Li shouted, looking up towards the carriage.

"I want to get off!" Feiying grabbed the armrest of the sofa next to her and shouted towards the car door with all her might.

But when Feiying rushed to the car door, she found it locked and she couldn't push it open no matter how hard she tried. The door was as if it had been welded shut and wouldn't budge.

After speaking, Chen Li, outside the carriage, disregarded whether the people inside were prepared. He took a deep breath, looked up at the Life Force planet in the sky, and then threw the Astral Express into the air.

The train accelerated instantly, tearing through the sky above New Penacony, leaving a silver afterimage as it sped towards Halutopia, which hung high in the sky.

Feiying's high-pitched and long screams echoed throughout the entire carriage.

Duality Paradise.

Haiyuan City. Haiyuan TV Tower.

Haiyuan City is a coastal tourist city Duality Paradise, and Haiyuan TV Tower is the Haiyuan City's landmark building and the location of "Manyuan TV".

But at this moment, this landmark of Haiyuan City is almost abandoned.

The once smooth tower was now covered with countless grotesque and eerie flowers, with vines spreading from the top to the base, completely sealing every window and every seam.

The entire television tower was swallowed up by a living garden, where flowers were still slowly wriggling and stretching outwards.

The roots of those flowers were deeply embedded in the concrete and steel bars, and the edges of their petals shimmered with a scarlet glow that seemed to belong to another world, swaying gently in the night breeze.

Below the Haiyuan TV Tower, countless monsters with humanoid bodies but draped in feathered robes and wielding staffs blooming with eerie flowers almost filled every available space.

This is the Nirmanarati Heaven Humans. All ordinary residents of the Duality Paradise who have undergone the Happiness Surgery will transform into these humanoid monsters who have lost their self-awareness and are left only with the instinct to worship after their dormant Shuhu Cells are awakened by the fulfillment of their Manyuan.

At the top of the Haiyuan TV Tower, an even more dazzling and eerie flower is perched atop the spire.

Its petals unfold layer upon layer, and deep within the flower's heart, one can vaguely discern the outline of a human figure.

Manyuan. Or rather, after connecting more than 200,000 residents of the Duality Paradise who had been implanted with Shuhu Cells, and after consuming three Command Spell, Emanator of Abundance Shuhu, used his own body as a nest to embrace Fuyuan, whose combat power was almost comparable to Manyuan of Emanator- level warrior.

The Emanator of Abundance Shuhu, an Emanator of Abundance who had haunted the Xianzhou Alliance for countless years and was quite famous throughout the galaxy.

Now resurrected through a shell, and possessing 200,000 most loyal puppets who endlessly provide his Wish Power, Shuhu is undoubtedly a more troublesome enemy than the Servant Shuhu.

Its terrifying self-healing ability, coupled with an endless supply of Wish Power, makes it a truly indestructible cockroach.

Beneath the Haiyuan TV Tower, countless Galaxy Rangers, Heroic Souls, and bounty hunters are pursuing nearly two hundred thousand Nirmanarati Heaven Humans.

Their movements were far from elegant, even somewhat clumsy... because they had to bind these feathered humanoid monsters, rendering them immobile, while Heart Wings controlling their strength so as not to actually harm these ordinary people controlled by the Shuhu Cells.

The effects of the Jianghu Bounty Order can even extend to nine generations of a family. Defeating these monsters will naturally earn you gold coins, but the mission requirements are also clearly stated: protect their lives and give them a chance to recover.

So no one used lethal force; the scene actually looked like a large-scale, somewhat disorganized grappling drill.

But an eerie silence fell over the top of the Haiyuan TV Tower.

The crowd atop the tower stared at the terrifying figure. Blooming flowers spread from Manyuan's body, and Shuhu force twisted her form to the point of near unrecognizableness, yet no one retreated.

In fact, everyone present looked at the terrifying figure with a gold coin symbol floating above its head with a hint of anticipation in their eyes... even though the figure was enough to make anyone lose sanity at first glance.

Firstly, the "Heavy reward brings forth brave men" effect attached to the [Jianghu Bounty Order] can make those who attack the bounty target immune to all negative effects such as shock, fear, and mental disturbance.

Secondly, the lineup standing opposite this terrifying figure was simply too impressive.

What's the most important thing in a horror movie?

Most importantly, it's terrifying.

Terror only arises when one is outmatched.

Fun fact: The Demons and Ghouls in Journey to the West are more powerful than those in 90% of horror movies.

But obviously no one would consider Journey to the West a horror film.

Enemy lineup: The Abundant Commander Shuhu, who was revived within the body of Manyuan, nourished by the Wish Power 200,000 people, and empowered by three Command Spell, is no less Emanator of Abundance Shuhu in his prime.

Our lineup--

Xianzhou Path of The Hunt Envoys: Yao Guang of Jade Palace General, General Feixiao of Merlin's Claw General, General Jing Yuan of General of the Divine, and General Zhuyuan of Huai Yan.

Stellaron Hunter: LV999 Silver Wolf, Kafka, and Blade-Tapping Bro.

Astral Express: Imbibitor Lord Dan Heng, Mysterious Emanator Changye Yue, Baiheng, March 7th and Star.

Order Envoy Sunday. And Kagami Ryu, who arrived late but whose strength after training in the Hako Ni World was only at the Emanator Jingliu or above.

In addition, there is Fu Xuan, a reserve member of the Lord of the Hunt's Seven Generals, and Lily, the Lord of the Hunt of Fate who can be summoned here at any time; Pearl, one-tenth of a stone; Ruan Mei, Genius Society member...

It can be described as a gathering of outstanding talents.