Chu Mu was not surprised by Fu Xuan's words.
Kafka was paving the way for Stelle. Stelle had already told Chu Mu as much.
Fu Xuan continued:
"Under the Stellaron Hunters' arrangements, she will eventually face the Aeon of Destruction and fight that terrifying god in a battle to the death. Her current strength is nowhere near enough to contend with a god, so before then, she needs to gather sufficient support. This trip to the Xianzhou is meant to make her its savior through her contribution to resolving the Stellaron crisis, and to make the Luofu General owe her a favor, so the Xianzhou will lend her a hand in the future."
After a pause, she said in embarrassed frustration:
"Damn it, this is an entirely open scheme!"
Everything was proceeding according to the Stellaron Hunters' script. The moment Jing Yuan decided to make use of the Astral Express as a variable, he already owed the Astral Express Crew a favor.
Now, the Astral Express Crew was on its way to quelling the Stellaron disaster.
If they succeeded, the Luofu would inevitably owe them an enormous debt. If the Astral Express Crew requested the Xianzhou's aid in that future battle against a god, Jing Yuan could not possibly stand by and do nothing.
Fu Xuan felt deeply irritated, because only now had she realized that the end of the Stellaron disaster was precisely the prelude to another great catastrophe.
The consequences of getting drawn into a war involving gods were impossible to predict.
Suddenly, Fu Xuan looked up at Chu Mu and murmured:
"There's more than one variable. Who says she has to become the hero? Who says the hero has to be her?"
In Fu Xuan's view, if someone other than the Astral Express Crew resolved the Stellaron