Himeko had actually considered whether she or Welt should lead this Trailblaze journey, taking Serena, Stelle, March, and Dan Heng along to conduct the Trailblaze, but after careful consideration, she ultimately decided that she and Welt should continue to remain on the Astral Express.
After all, guarding the Astral Express is very important, and with an Emanator-level existence following the Trailblaze journey, at least in terms of safety, the team conducting the Trailblaze would absolutely have no problems.
Although this Emanator is still just a Stelle newcomer, neither Himeko nor Welt had any concerns about this.
Thus, the Stelle team was confirmed: two experienced Trailblazers, March 7th and Dan Heng, would take the two new Trailblazers, Serena and Stelle, to conduct this Trailblaze journey together.
Hearing Himeko introduce her and Dan Heng as experienced Trailblazers, March 7th placed her small hands on her waist, held her head high, and struck a pose as if to say, “I am a great senior.” Dan Heng, who had just come out of the Astral Express Data Bank, watched from the side; although he was expressionless, his eyes revealed a sense of inexplicable helplessness.
Welt was somewhat regretful, but he still approved of this team configuration.
“It is always good to let the young people and newcomers go out, mingle, and gain some experience; it is a good choice.” Thus, after some preparations, the four-person Trailblazer group set off.
“Hehe, Jarilo-VI, here we come!” …
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The newly arrived four-person Trailblazer team stepped onto the land covered by snowfields.
“Wow, during the landing, I felt the snow was already heavy enough, but I didn’t expect that after standing on the ground, I would find the snow to be unexpectedly violent!” The group, dressed in thin clothing, exclaimed.
This was a bit of the Trailblaze protection granted by the Astral Express.
The Astral Express can leverage the power of the Path of Trailblaze and bestow it upon the Trailblazers conducting the Trailblaze to help them better carry out their journey.
How could mere cold match the great power of the Path!
Stelle felt the blizzard; if it were normal circumstances, she would be shivering from the cold, but now she only felt a slight chill.
“Humph!
You have been conquered by me!” March 7th first looked at her speechlessly, but still struck a senior’s pose, raised the corners of her mouth, and showed off: “You don’t know this, but the power of the Path of Trailblaze blesses every Stelle who steps into a Trailblaze journey, allowing them to adapt to all kinds of extreme environments.
Although you are Trailblazer newcomers, you will still be protected by the power of Trailblaze.” Serena watched March 7th’s cute appearance from the side and didn’t say much.
Her own situation might be different.
Although part of it might be the adaptability granted by the power of the Path of Trailblaze, one should not underestimate the tenacity of the life force of the Path of Abundance!
“We know nothing about the changes on this planet, so we need to be careful and cautious in our next actions.” Dan Heng tried to bring the topic back on track, attracting the attention of the group.
“When we were landing, didn’t we see a city that was still operating?” “Yes, yes!
I didn’t expect that in such an environment, there would still be life that could survive!
When Sister Serena pointed it out to me, I couldn’t believe it.” “Don’t underestimate the tenacity of life, little March.” The building seen from high altitude at that time had a very obvious difference from the surrounding ruins; huge walls surrounded it, the ground was not covered by snowfields, and the traces of life were very obvious; it looked like an isolated city.
This put the group at ease quite a bit; at least human civilization still existed on this planet.
They had marked the location at the time, but they did not land directly there; instead, they chose a nearby area, which would allow them to inspect the condition of the planet along the way.
“The walls of that city we saw from high altitude remind me of a group.” With some hesitation, Dan Heng still put forward a point of view.
“That looks a bit like the work of the City builders.” “Is that so?” Hearing Dan Heng’s guess, Serena thought carefully and found that it was indeed very similar to the actions of the City builders recorded in the Astral Express Data Bank, or rather, apart from the unique styles between civilizations, everything else was consistent with the behavior of the City builders.
The City builders, people who worship the Aeon of [Preservation], Qlipoth.
They imitate the Aeon’s actions, building walls to protect their respective planets.
They believe that the Aeon’s actions foreshadow the calamity that will end the galaxy.
“Building high walls to resist calamity, this is indeed their style, which means that the faith of the Aeon of [Preservation], Qlipoth, may exist in this city.” “Mm.” “Wow!
Dan Heng actually said so much at the very beginning of the Trailblaze today; why didn’t you tell me these things before?” March 7th looked at Dan Heng, who had taken the initiative to state his guess, with great surprise, feeling confused as to why he was different from before.
Dan Heng silently glanced at the cute March 7th and offered no explanation.
Hmm…
a naive mind.
It was rare for someone to be able to discuss issues during the Trailblaze journey with him; if he didn’t take them out to discuss a plan, was he supposed to just blindly rush in and get wanted again?
Thinking back to when he used to conduct the Trailblaze with March 7th, Dan Heng felt a headache coming on.
“Since there is faith in [Preservation], it means that they still have an understanding of interstellar communication; perhaps we can start from this aspect.” Serena thought for a moment and said, “Moreover, as outsiders, we might be in an awkward position.” “The human civilization on this planet has experienced such a major catastrophe, even to the point where their living space has been compressed into this one city, and civilization has suffered such a major regression that it is hard to know what they are thinking now.” “You mean…
we might be met with hostility?” These were all Serena’s subjective guesses.
After all, in the place where she used to live, there were simply too many films, television works, and literary works with themes similar to the current situation—things like doomsday or frozen worlds—where people living in such environments have very low moral standards for the sake of survival.
Dan Heng frowned; this was indeed not impossible.
After all, such things had happened on previous Trailblaze journeys, and this possibility did indeed need to be taken into account.
Stelle scratched her head and asked, “While one should not have the intention to harm others, one must not lack the vigilance to defend against them!
That’s what Sister Serena is thinking, right!” “Mm, that’s right.
Although we have no intention of harming them, we cannot let our guard down.” Acknowledging this with a reply, Serena thought gloomily, if only she could be like this all the time; she is clearly such a smart kid, yet she insists on acting abstract!