"Wooo—!"
The piercing air-raid siren echoed madly through the Master Control Zone, red warning lights flickering across everyone's faces.
Facing the Doomsday Beast capable of tearing apart stars, Station Master Asta's slender back appeared incomparably resolute.
[Asta: Take the train and leave. I'll stay behind.]
[Himeko: We're leaving.]
"Run? Where the hell are we supposed to run?!"
Watching the story characters begin their retreat on-screen, Di Tian anxiously slammed the table. "That monster is right outside! This is a once-in-a-millennium opponent from an entirely different weight class! I'm going out there to tear it apart with my bare hands!"
"Stop acting like an idiot, Beast God."
Though Long Xiaoyao's fighting spirit was also soaring, he had keenly grasped the direction the story was taking. "Didn't that kid named Dan Heng say it? That thing is the Legion's anti-planet weapon, and it has an Aeon's blessing. We haven't even figured out all this game's mechanics yet. Fighting it head-on would be suicide!"
In the story, the group hurried down the corridor toward the platform.
Along the way, Wang Qiuer remained true to herself. She frantically mashed the attack button as she ran, smashing every purple jar along the hallway into pieces. Amid the tense atmosphere of escape, the constant clinking sound of coins being collected made everyone's faces darken.
Soon, they charged onto the platform.
Through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, they could see the Astral Express quietly docked in the depths of space.
[March 7th: I can see the platform! Yes!]
[Dan Heng: Wait, March!]
"Rumble—!!!"
Before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a terrifying boom shook the entire space station violently. A gigantic claw that blotted out the sky suddenly seized the edge of the platform!
[Himeko: The Doomsday Beast... it really followed us.]
[Himeko: Everyone, be careful.]
"Good!