In Nod-Krai, at Nasha Town's docks, inside the Stellar Train, Star was in her room, facing a team composed of fairies, deerfolk, puppets, dragonfolk, and alchemical life-forms as she "held the line" to defend her collection and dignity.
At that moment, the other members of the Express Crew were all standing to one side, "coldly watching," with no intention of coming over to help.
Well, the last shred of dignity Star was defending was actually the computer in her room—a high-end machine even by the standards of wealthy families in the Star Rail Universe.
This computer was a super gaming rig Topaz had helped purchase, complete with built-in antivirus software capable of dealing with superviruses.
There was nothing to be done. When Sandrone arrived to find the Express Crew with the results of her research, bolstered by the Path of Permanence, she had thoroughly shocked the other Teyvat natives in the group.
At the time, the Express Crew had just brought Lumine back. Everyone had come to welcome her return, and Paimon had immediately hugged Lumine and burst into tears.
Then Sandrone, wrapped in the power of the Path of Permanence, charged straight in.
Sandrone's comprehension of the Path of Permanence basically proved that the information about Aeons and Paths that Himeko had mentioned was all true.
Moreover, everyone more or less knew how strong Sandrone had been before. Excluding the Express Crew, even if Pronya was counted as part of her combat strength, she had only been upper-middle-tier in the group.
After all, the strength of the Fatui's Seventh Seat was really nothing special. Rosalyn, the former Eighth Seat, had dared to run rampant in Mondstadt because Faruzan's expedition had taken the Knights' main force away.
Even people like Jean's mother and father, who held considerable authority in Mondstadt,