Tape#Fin Tape Recording About [JoeStar]

[A·Side--Gunsmith]

The last cassette tape is related to Su Xingchen, an intelligence officer from the [Tianji] intelligence department of [JoeStar] and [Tianshu]. It is a telephone recording.

Boss: "After listening to this cassette tape, I can get back to work?"

Victor: "Yes."

BOSS put the cassette tape bearing the [JoeStar] bar logo and the [Tian Shu] First Star Greedy Wolf badge into the WALKMAN.

"There are still many cuties waiting for me, so I shouldn't delay."

A sweet female voice. "Hello, this is the Abyss Special Train Alpha Group 1. I am your operator 114514. For passenger service, please press ①; for waiter service, please press ②; for VIP Ming De, please press ⑥⑥⑥."

Su Xingchen: "Which button should I press for the Tian Shu operator?"

The operator asked the supervisor next to the work group, "Is this a call from Tian Shu?"

The person in charge said, "Ask him which department he's from!"

Operator: "Which department are you from?"

Su Xingchen: "[Tianji], Intelligence Section."

Operator: "From the intelligence department!"

The person in charge. "The intelligence department reports the code to the password."

Operator: "Please wait a moment while I check the contact code for visitors to [Tian Shu] from the Foreign Affairs Department this week. Who exactly should we contact?"

Su Xingchen: "David Victor."

Operator: "Okay, just a moment."

There were rustling voices coming from the board member counter, mostly people coming to pick up their medicine. After the harvest season ended, people couldn't wait to drink the BOSS's fresh milk.

Operator: "Sorry to keep you waiting. Please give me Mr. Victor's password. Are you ready?"

Su Xingchen: "I've always been here."

Operator: "Delaman's taxi has encountered a living devil—"

Su Xingchen: "--Beep beep, you bastard."

Operator: "Let's change the ending for Edgewalker. If that doesn't work, Trigger and CDPR's writers could find a middleman to get them jobs and become—"

Su Xingchen: "--The famous Wei."

Operator: "What is firing seventeen shots per second?"

Su Xingchen: "Victor."

Operator: "Okay, I'll transfer you right away. Please wait a moment. Today is August 1, 2025. The morning temperature at Nine Realms Station is 37.5 degrees Celsius. Staying in a place without air conditioning will cause your health code to turn red. You need to be extremely restrained when communicating with Mr. Victor. Please rate this service."

Su Xingchen: "Thank you."

Operator: "Please press ① if you are satisfied, ② if you are very satisfied, or press another key to tip me. Thank you for your call."

Su Xingchen: "Thank you and your whole family."

The music playing on the incoming call was "Wedding in a Dream".

Thirty seconds later, Victor answered the phone.

Su Xingchen: "Finding you was really difficult; I had to recite a whole bunch of ritual incantations with the receptionist."

Victor: "Hello, who is this?"

Su Xingchen: "I belong to the [Tian Shu] anti-spirit unit, and I am an agent of the [Tian Ji] intelligence department. My name is Su Xingchen."

Victor: "What is it?"

Su Xingchen: "I'd like to talk to you about FE204863 and Niflheim."

The recording contains the crisp, clean sounds of Teacher Victor getting out of bed and quickly getting dressed.

Victor: "I already have the pen, go ahead and say it."

Su Xingchen: "In Niflheim, our dark matter observatory and outposts have observed powerful psionic waveforms—if I'm not mistaken, Jiang Xueming succeeded?"

Victor: "Yes."

Su Xingchen: "What about those giants and mountain demons? Do you have detailed audio-visual materials? Even photos or hand-drawn images will do; the Tian Shu research institute needs to keep a copy."

Victor: "They were lucky they didn't run into the troll monster—the Materialist infantry combat mech's data center should still have a few intact hard drives containing combat logs and electronic reconnaissance footage. We'll copy them and hand them over to Tian Shu."

Su Xingchen: "I learned from the [JoeStar] assault team that the enemies we've encountered on this mission include the Heaven's Ladder? Is everyone alright?"

Victor: "You should ask how the people on the Heaven's Ladder are doing."

Su Xingchen: "So, how is the King of Cinder?"

Victor: "He's been taken to Balason prison; he's peaceful."

Su Xingchen: "What about the hybrid warriors from Heaven's Ladder?"

Victor: "He's been sent to hell, and he passed away peacefully. The land of the dead is just a few kilometers from Niflheim's central square towards the sea; it's very close, no need for a car."

Su Xingchen: "What about the other frogman units, or the temporary workers who do their jobs?"

Victor: "Not a single one survived."

Su Xingchen: "Understood -- Did the mythical creature we defeated leave any biological samples?"

Victor: "They are the Ice Man, the Laughing Man, the Strongman, the Rich Man, the Waterman, the Thunderman, the Great Elk, and Isa—except for Isa, who loves to sleep, the other giants died without a trace, not even their complete corpses could be found."

Su Xingchen: "Do we need to perform a deswirl procedure? We need to make that sea clear and non-toxic before we can carry out the salvage operation."

Victor: "Yes."

Su Xingchen: "Where is the Fireman Surter?"

Victor: "After being modified, most of its essence has been transformed into Soviet steel. Except for its bones and cerebrospinal fluid, it has entered a state of brain death and has no chance of revival. It lies paralyzed in the shallow sea area, more than 300 meters away from the Red Star Hill outpost. Perhaps it still has research value."

Su Xingchen: "Okay, I need William Surter's cooperation. I'll pick him up tomorrow."

Victor: "This isn't something I can decide; you'll have to ask the boss."

Su Xingchen: "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Victor."

Victor: "Wait a moment, I actually have a few questions I'd like to ask you."

Su Xingchen: "Is there anything else?"

Victor: "What stage has the research on [runes] reached?"

Su Xingchen: "."

Victor: "It's hard to say, isn't it?"

Su Xingchen: "Indeed. The [Philosopher Foundation] attaches great importance to the Giant Civilization."

Victor: "It's because of this [rune]."

Su Xingchen: "We utilize the power of the Morpho butterfly and the divine might of the soul, yet we do not know how it was born, nor do we have any evidence or scientific theory to support it—the giant civilization compiled it into a language long ago, creating runes like the runes, much like the first line of code in a computer, to utilize this inconceivable power. It is like a new fundamental force, a new physical phenomenon, and the key for humanity to move towards the next industrial revolution."

Victor: "Here's something interesting. Actually, some humans are already trying to use its divine power."

Su Xingchen: "Is it the King of Cinder?"

Victor: "No, no, no, it needs to be more down-to-earth."

Su Xingchen: "Who is that?"

Victor: "In the City of Dead Puppet Agency, a pair of twin sisters underwent head transplant surgery. Their physical forms were simultaneously locked by runes, meaning that no matter how far they escape, they will be captured and brought back to that city."

Su Xingchen: "What do they want to do with this power? Create a perpetual motion machine?"

Victor: "The City of Dead Puppet Agency is located in Europe, and the Nine Realms Station is in Asia. She once took the initiative to try, carrying some items, in an attempt to use the power of the runes to pull her back to her homeland."

Su Xingchen: "I'm afraid that's impossible, isn't it?"

Victor: "Yes, the loss rate is 100%. Even if you tie her to a lot of ropes, or put her in a super strong carbon fiber restraint suit to stabilize her body, her physical body will turn into tiny molecular units, instantly becoming a gust of wind, and she won't be able to take anything back."

Su Xingchen: "And then what? Using dead people to increase transport capacity? I'm afraid that's impossible, isn't it?"

Victor: "She'll be in the dorm in four hours, completely naked."

Su Xingchen: "What is the output power? How much force can this gust of wind generate?"

Victor: "We can't measure it—we don't have the tools for that. Our utilization of this energy is limited to wind power generation, which is very frustrating. It's like having a treasure mountain right in front of you, but you can hardly find the entrance."

Su Xingchen: "I understand. Our research on psionic energy still has a long way to go compared to the giant civilization. The [Tian Shu] Research Institute is also trying to replicate Runes, but their structure is not as simple as the original artifacts from the archaeological site."

Victor: "Is there anything else?"

Su Xingchen: "Regarding Jiang Xueming —one of our special operations team members is looking for him."

Victor: "Is it Ye Bei? I've heard him mention this person before."

Su Xingchen: "Yes, the spacetime disturbance caused by FE204863 made Ye Bei uncomfortable. Perhaps he was worried that Jiang Xueming had become someone else. He wanted to catch up with this younger brother to confirm this matter. He is on a mission in Slovenia and will be returning in half a month, so it is inconvenient for him to make or receive phone calls."

Victor: "I will pass on the message."

Su Xingchen: "Thank you."

Victor: "Don't discuss the name [Jiang Xueming] anymore."

Su Xingchen: "You gave him a new code name?"

Victor: "Yes, you're very clever."

Su Xingchen: "What's your name?"

Victor: "Gunsmith."

Su Xingchen: "It suits him perfectly. When we first met, he demonstrated his amazing skills to me—using his spirit to create extremely precise molds to fire glass, which was astonishing."

Victor: "Give me a few more compliments, I love to hear them."

Su Xingchen: "If he has already transformed from a caterpillar into a butterfly, and his spiritual body's precision has increased again, he will possess a top-notch light weapons processing center. No metal workpiece will be difficult for him, and perhaps he will soon start customizing a new set of equipment for himself again."

Victor: "Yes."

Su Xingchen: "He is almost the world's most skilled craftsman in cold forging and cutting metals, and in processing and assembling workpieces. If he could participate in the harvest season ceremony, he would probably become the [King of Craftsmen]--"

Victor: "--Don't say that, Ming De definitely wouldn't want to."

Su Xingchen: "That's true. As for the armed forces of the Abyssal Railway, you're still using weapons and equipment from the mortal world. The mass-produced guns and ammunition from arms companies all have to consider costs. Materials science has reached a bottleneck—no matter how strong the production capacity of raw materials like titanium alloys is, the processing costs are enormous. The yield rate of processing centers is also very low. Jiang Xueming is an extremely efficient human workshop that can customize exclusive weapons for every VIP of the Abyssal Railway."

Victor: "I'm genuinely happy for the BOSS."

Su Xingchen: "I understand. The reason for letting him step back and become a [gunsmith] is the same – his work behind the scenes is much more important than charging into battle."

Victor: "Take it slow. Take it slow."

Su Xingchen: "Our people have already set off for the Albert Research Station to conduct research."

Victor: "Thank you for your hard work."

Su Xingchen: "Then I'll hang up now, David Victor."

Victor: "Goodbye."

[B·Side--World's Number One C√B]

The boss was on high alert; the more he listened, the more suspicious he became.

"What's the purpose of our sister unit sending someone like this to inquire about Jiang Xueming?"

Victor: "Perhaps they want to recruit this young talent."

The boss immediately exploded. "That won't do! Absolutely not! This is unacceptable! This is the card I drew! It's almost maxed out! How can I let it go to another commander!"

Victor: "Boss, I advise you to play fewer mobile games."

Ming De pouted, his face full of displeasure.

That's basically what I mean.

Victor: "Perhaps [Tian Shu] will assign missions to Jiang Xueming in the future."

Ming De: "You have to pay to rent! And what I hate most is that if one day the people from next door video call me with a smug grin and says something like, 'Your card is really useful!', everyone would be so embarrassed."

Victor gave up trying to persuade him and immediately pressed play on the Walkman to finish the last recording.

Bu Liuxing: "BOSS!!! BOSS BOSS BOSS BOSS BOSS! BOSS! Hey hey hey! Can you hear me?"

Victor: "Just talk to it. You don't need to repeat yourself so many times, Meteor. This isn't a phone call; it's a recording."

Bu Liuxing: "Oh! Oh oh oh! BOSS! I want to become stronger! Has Ming Ge already turned into a Shining Butterfly?! Just like other people's outstanding children! A super genius?!"

Victor: "Indeed, the speed of this transformation is extremely rare in the history of the station. Xue Ming completed the evolutionary path from egg to morpho butterfly in almost a year."

Bu Liuxing: "Is there a place where you fight every day? I want to go! I want to go!"

Ming De covered his face, calculating the days ahead.

"Victor, do you know about the Luna Best Tournament?"

Victor: "It's a tournament of knights from the underworld."

"Yes, how about letting this kid give it a try?" The BOSS smacked his lips, sensing a problem. "But he's not a Morpho Butterfly, he's not qualified to participate."

Every year on September 9th, a competition is held between the various sections of the underground station.

People from different factions within the Six-Color Shining Stone will form five-person teams, accompanied by coaching staff and logistical support, to demonstrate their strength to the entire underworld. Winners will receive policy assistance and bonuses, and the underworld's transportation resources and Universal Elixir rations will be tilted towards the corresponding region.

The "something competition" mentioned before the Sixty-Three refers to the Moon God Cup, which was also one of the competitions that Master Su Ling participated in.

Aside from the harvest season, this is a form of entertainment that almost all the inhabitants of the underground world enjoy talking about. It's comparable to football, basketball, and the Olympic Games in the mortal world.

BOSS: "I have an idea!"

Victor: "You want to change the format?"

BOSS: "Originally, each region needed to select five VIPs, which was a ceremony to choose the king. But now I want to make it five plus one, so Meteor will be placed on the bench."

Victor: "That's easy."

BOSS: "The competition format has been changed to losers advancing."

Victor: "What?"

BOSS: "The competition format has been changed to losers advancing."

Victor: "What do you mean?"

BOSS: "The format has been changed to losers advancing. Is that hard to understand? The losers advance."

Victor: "WTF?"

"That means, apart from the directly invited teams from the Senate," Ming De grabbed Victor's collar. "It's harvest season, our primordial energy is abundant, and our reserves of the Universal Elixir are plentiful. It's the perfect time to unleash our full potential—I want to let all the wild Morpho butterflies scattered across the land test their skills."

"The competition format is loser-first-come, loser-second. The weakest city team will receive my reward and assistance—while also being ridiculed by everyone."

"These five lucky players, along with one substitute, lost all the way to the finals, ultimately crowning the 'King of Noobs.' The Moon God Cup will be renamed [C√B·Noob Cup]."

Victor couldn't believe it--

"--You're doing something really new, Boss."

Ming De increasingly felt like a little genius, and his tail was wagging really high.

"Sixty-Three is right. I shouldn't be creating competitions that reward the strong and ensure the strong get stronger. I should change my approach and help the weak."

Victor bit his nails, beginning to feel anxious.

"Among all the VIPs, my combat ability isn't particularly strong. If I were really thrown into the arena for a fair fight, I certainly wouldn't be the weakest one."

Ming De had a wicked grin on his face.

"Look how well this works! Your inner demons have manifested as pride and anxiety, and they've come knocking on your door."

Act 1: Stranger in Moscow - Michael Jackson

Act 2 Hand-held Tractor Ski -- Zhang Qiang

Act 3: Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

Act 4: Black Dog – Led Zeppelin

Act 5 BB's Theme -- Ludvig Forssell

Act 6/Another side 17 Gallant Ones -- mpi/Benjamin (mpi/ Benjamin)

Act 7: Higher Animals - Dou Wei

Act 8 GONG--JAM Project

Act.9 ASHES--R! N/Gemie(Risa Sakamoto)

Act.10 El Brillo Solitario -- Siren Records

Act 11 Kiss a Fool -- Penguins

Act 12 Roundabout -- YES

Act 13 Wake Up/Awakening - Arcade Fire/Superfly

Act 14 Icon -- Elena

Act 15 The Guardian – JAM Project

Act.16 CRY -- mizuki (瑞葵)

Act.17 Sora デイズ--Nakagawa Shoko

Act.18 Metal Will Never Die--Dio

Act 19 Goldrop - Dancing Flowers

Act.20 Go Go Power Rangers -- Dimash

Another aspect: Skill 20 - JAM Project.

Another side. 19 Inferno -- mpi/Benjamin (mpi/Benjamin)

Another side. 18. Gift – Pay money to my pain.

Another side. 16 Narrative -- LISA

Another aspect. 15. Resurgence – Really Slow Motion

Another side.14 RE: I AM--Aimer

Another side.13 The Final Battle--Saito Tsukasa

Another side. 12 PHOENIX -- Chrissy Costanza | Stratovarius

Another side. 11 VON--Yoko Kanno

EP.10 Gotta Knock a Little Harder--Mai Yamane

EP.⑨ Listen--ONE OK ROCK/Avril Lavigne (OOR)

EP.8 Caffeine - Autumn Yellow

EP.7 Embrace -- Vivienne

EP.6 Sex Bomb -- Tom Jones

EP.5 Nights are Forever -- Jerry Goldsmith (from the TV series "The Yin Yang Demon Realm")

EP.4 Number One -- Shiro Sagisu

EP.3 Le freak--Chic

EP.2 Timelines -- Ace Buchannon/Noki (Ace Buchannon electronic music/Noki vocal performance)

EP.1 Last Night On Earth--Green Day (Green Day)

EP. ZERO WEWE -- Accusefive

Operator #1 Best Friend -- Christy Chung

Operator #2: Piecing Together Memories for You -- Wang Erlang

Operator #3 All the Reasons -- Airship

Operator #4 Still Wind Point -- Vanguard Sound

Operator #5 Blood and Flesh Talk Show -- Blood and Flesh Juicer

Operator #6 · Modern Siren - Meat Juicer / Wu Zhuoyuan

Operator #7 Recognizing Patients Without Illness -- Flesh and Blood Juicer

Operator #∞ Sweet Dreams--Eurythmics (Dance and Rhythm Choir)

Operator#⑨ Rewrite--milet

Operator#10 Mother--VOICES FROM MARS

Operator #11 Life is Full of Beautiful Dreams -- Ringo Shiina

Operator #12 One Day -- Koolulalam

Operator #13 At Last -- Vivienne

Operator #14 Stepping Stones -- Ludvig Forssell

Embarrassing Leave Request: I definitely can't make it today -- Fox Man

Operator #15 Return -- Ludvig Forssell

Operator #16 Behind the Mirror -- Ludvig Forssell

Operator #17 Tomorrow -- Avril Lavigne

Operator #18 Tranquility -- Anly

Operator #19 Is It Real? -- Seatbelts

The countless stars in the sky shone like jewels.

Victor sat motionless in his wheelchair.

He wanted to experience in advance the bitter and strange life of disability he would lead in the future, or the decades he would spend with his waiter and bloodhound, trying to meet new people and negotiate with this immortal body.

He leaned against the window of the VIP tea room, pondering FE204863 and where the cassette tape of Sixty-Three had come from.

Since the superpower of going back in time would restore everything, including Sixty-Three's recording, how did he manage to do it?

There is only one answer--

--When he unlocked the [lock] in his heart at the Sixty-Three, he already possessed the superpower to travel between two time periods.

That cassette tape was brought back from another world by Sixty-Three.

His earnest teachings to the BOSS were perhaps things he had already experienced, had already corrected in another universe, and had already kept in his heart, which he then presented to the BOSS as a gift.

The Walkman stopped working; it had just finished playing Prince's album, <The Gold Experience>—everyone says you should listen to an album from beginning to end in the order of the cassette tape.

Music producers tell the story behind the music by following the order of the tracks.

This avant-garde artwork, rich in elements, uses a lot of blank space—such as the heavy symbol of Operator—as an introduction from that ancient era to the future.

Victor pressed the rewind button on the Walkman, attempting to use a function similar to the [Regret Pill.

The grand finale was performed once again.

He rested his chin on his hand, his bottom gently swaying along with the wheelchair, humming softly along with the lyrics.

There is a mountain that rises straight into the clouds; if you don't fly, you can't reach its summit.

"The road ahead is fraught with difficulties and detours; if you hesitate and waver, you will never reach your destination."

"There is a sea of despair, and people live there."

"I live each day in melancholy and anxiety."

"Everyone tries to squander everything at hand, everyone tries to finish what they have to say."

"What's the point of money if we don't break the deadlock?"

"Even flames can contain bone-chilling cold, and it's not just gold that glitters."

"It is you that shines, not the gold."

Look ahead--

--Look outwards.

The [JoeStar] club has been topped out, but its gray walls will need some time before they can be repainted.

The lights have come on, gradually merging with the distant starry sky and dome.