After a while, March 7th Mimi opened her eyes again. Before she could see her surroundings clearly, a familiar face came close to her.
"What goes around comes around; this scene reminds me of the [ Herta ] Space Station in my dreams..."
Xing's tone was full of nostalgia as she took out a cup of milk tea, preparing to give March 7th a unique kind of 'artificial respiration'.
"She's awake," Dan Heng said.
"Hmm... what happened?"
"It's nothing. The Conductor might be sad for a while after this [ Trailblaze ] trip is over."
Xing helped the still somewhat dazed March 7th and asked with concern, "Did you sleep well?"
"Wait, how long have I been asleep?"
Seeing the burning carriages not far away, March 7th almost suffered another train derailment.
"After the carriage was hit by an unknown weapon, you lost consciousness. Fortunately, we had the [ Eternity ] secret technique, otherwise we would all have been pulverized."
"... Let's try to contact the train first."
After saying that, the three of them took out their phones and sent a message in the [ Astral Express Family ] group chat.
[ The Astral Express Family ]
[Star: Calling the Conductor! The carriage has exploded! Pom-Pom, quickly airdrop some milk tea!]
[ Dan Heng: Himeko, we have successfully landed on the surface of Amphoreus. It seems there is a civilization here.]
[ March 7th: Himeko Welt ]
[System message: Message sending failed.]
"It failed as expected... Now it's up to us."
Dan Heng turned off his phone, and it was another classic high-difficulty start.
Xing was still staring at her phone. Back in Penacony, because Ye Yan had repeatedly read her messages but not replied, she specifically brought two buckets of milk tea to Silver Wolf and asked him to install a gadget on her phone.
[Read by: Ye Yan ]
" Curiosity, the message clearly failed to send, so why can Teacher Ye Yan still see it?"
"It seems he really is in Amphoreus... cough cough, now is not the time to think about these things. We need to find a safe place to establish a base first."
Dan Heng looked up. "Judging from the surrounding buildings and this statue, Amphoreus definitely has a civilization..."
"The bad news is, they might be hostile towards outsiders."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than an unfamiliar cup of milk tea rolled in untimely to the side of the three of them.
"Milk tea... Could it be Teacher Ye Yan?"
"Fan..."
Xing turned around, only catching a glimpse of a pink figure out of the corner of her eye.
"... Is someone nearby? Be careful."
The three of them simultaneously drew their weapons, preparing to first explore what lay behind the door.
"Wait a minute, Teacher Dan Heng. The train carriage is on fire. Are you sure you don't need your almighty Cloudhymn Magic?"
"Took it, but it won't go out."
Led by Dan Heng, the group followed the pink figure all the way to a cliff.
"It disappeared... giving us absolutely no chance to figure out what was going on. Did you get a clear look at what that creature looked like?"
"A pink... rabbit?"
"It feels like someone is behind it all."
Xing and March 7th both frowned. Could this be considered the first 'person' they had encountered in Amphoreus?
"Unlike any species documented in the Data Bank, which is to be expected, Amphoreus is completely [unknown] to us."
"Even the Jarilo-VI train had some knowledge of its history and topography before arriving. But Amphoreus... the few words the Black Swan uttered were all we knew about it."
Dan Heng was somewhat helpless. Logically speaking, the most well-known organization in this [ Land of Eternity ] is the [ Church of Eternity ], but so far, no trace of the Church's high-ranking members has been found.
The only connection between the two is that their landscapes and environments are both classical.
"But this [ Trailblaze ] cannot afford any mistakes. What should we do next? Find the locals?"
"I'm afraid we should prepare for the worst. Putting aside the language issue, that attack just now... that strike was quite powerful. It's hard to imagine that a peripheral planet would possess such weapon technology."
"Ha! How does it compare to the baseball bat in my hand?"
Xing swung her baseball bat, determined to test her skills against that unknown enemy should it not be due to unforeseen circumstances (she couldn't fly)!
"Nothing is certain, so avoid being blindly optimistic."
Dan Heng observed his surroundings. On the other side of the cliff stood a magnificent palace, silent and unwilling to reveal any of the history and secrets hidden behind it.
"It feels very oppressive and quite old... Is it some kind of local cultural building?"
Dan Heng frowned, shielded everyone behind him, and silently took out a bar of soap left by an old friend. He felt safer holding this thing.
A giant sphere stands between heaven and earth in the distance, its top of the sky torn open... no, it's more like it voluntarily opened a circular rift, within which vortexes surge and churn, and the clouds periodically reflect golden streams of light.
"Wow, what a huge golden ball! But it's still not as stunning as the Taikiyan Grand Stadium."
March 7th exclaimed in surprise, "Luckily, this time it's a separate carriage. If we had chosen this place as the starting point for our [ Trailblaze ]... we'd probably be doing three more months of free labor."
"Well, since things are already like this, shall we take a picture first?"
March 7th suggested placing the camera in front of her, as she was the Astral Express's top photographer, irreplaceable!
Meanwhile, the Scepter δ-me13 - [ Tomb of the Nameless Titan ]
"Although you never speak, I know you are listening to every story I tell..."
"[Everything is like a tiny key, unlocking a door in your heart, isn't it?]"
Cyrene closed the book again, looked at the milk tea all over the floor, and smiled helplessly. Let's just take that as a response.
">>> Hehe. Little imp. Happy."
[ Seed of Remembrance ]... no, it should be called [ The Demiurge ], she mimicked Cyrene's tone, "Speak. Simply. I. Will."
"Once again, the epic has come to an end. All is quiet, just like this very moment."
"Shh. She's talking. I'm listening."
"This time too, we sat together and drank milk tea."
[ Demiurge ] looked at Ye Yan, who was sitting cross-legged, acting as the audience.
For Ye Yan, the key to simply, quickly, and efficiently cultivating a qualified " Eternity " Traveler is simply to provide "companionship."
Of course, there are more convenient methods than his. For details, please refer to the [ Elation ] Aha next door, which randomly selects a lucky insect and then fills it with Imaginary Energy.
Looking back, there was a period in the past when I seemed to be particularly sentimental...
"Sentimental. A story full of emotion!" Demiurge responded.
"Always filled with unease, I try my best to search for different [ Remembrance ], hoping to bring about a change to my unchanging fate and find the exit from this labyrinth."
" Peaches. Strange..."
But now, I won't do that.
Cyrene leaned against the wall, and now it was [ Demiurge ]'s turn to be confused.
Why are you unhappy?