“Yo!”
March 7th sneered, hands on her hips, and said righteously, “Who told you to make such a dirty joke?
I hit you, and you still think you’re in the right?”
“…” Ye Cang was silent for a moment, then tactfully changed the subject.
He first looked at the most “respected” member of the team, Welt Yang, and spoke with a smile: “Mr.
Yang, what do you think?”
“Obviously, something has happened at the Herta Space Station that we don’t know about.” Mr.
Yang held his chin with one hand, lowered his head in thought: “In my opinion, this communication is less a distress signal from the space station and more a warning.
A warning to all foreign ships that might head to the station to stay away from the Herta Space Station, including the Astral Express, of course.”
Dan Heng’s expression remained calm, worthy of his nickname, the cold-faced little azure dragon.
“I agree with Mr.
Yang.
The incident at the Herta Space Station may very well be beyond the Astral Express’s ability to handle.
That unknown meme…
even Lady Herta, an Emanator of Erudition and the 83rd member of the Genius Society, is helpless against it.
If we rush in recklessly, we will only make things worse.”
“Huh?
Mr.
Yang and Dan Heng both don’t want to go?
Then I also…” March 7th was clearly frightened by the distress communication.
Hearing the two’s analysis, she immediately began to back down.
Ye Cang looked at cautious Mr.
Yang, then at calm Dan Heng, and shook his head with a sigh.
If we don’t go to the space station, what about the player-controlled protagonist [Trailblazer] from the original story?
That is the true protagonist of Honkai: Star Rail!
And Herta, Asta, Kafka, Silver Wolf, Arlan…
If we don’t go to the space station, who will fill in the fate of the crew’s encounters with these people?
Most importantly, based on Ye Cang’s current understanding of the eldritch calamity, it is something even the Aeons are helpless against.
If left alone, everyone on the Herta Space Station will likely suffer a fate worse than death!
So, no matter what, Ye Cang had to guide the “plot” in the direction it should go, rather than just escaping.
Otherwise, what meaning would there be in his transmigration, in the cause and effect of his arrival in this world?
Since he had made his decision, Ye Cang stopped hesitating and spoke directly: “Sorry to interrupt.
I agree with the two Nameless, but I believe this trip to the space station is a transit point the Astral Express cannot bypass.”
“Why?
Are you that brave?” March 7th was a bit surprised.
She admitted that her impression of the handsome youth before her had changed somewhat.
“Simple.
It goes against your [Trailblaze].” Ye Cang shrugged and spread his hands: “I may not be a Nameless, but I have long heard of the Aeon Akivili and Their followers.”
“If you Nameless feared danger and death, then this Astral Express would have no reason to set off.”
Himeko smiled slightly upon hearing this.
Her amber eyes seemed to shimmer with starlight: “Ye Cang is right.
If we Nameless feared danger and death, we would not have gathered together to walk this Trailblaze destined for hardships.
Since everyone is standing here, I think we have all long since made our resolve.”
As the navigator of the Astral Express, Himeko was worthy of the responsibility and meaning her title carried.
She smiled and offered her view: “I agree with Ye Cang.
If a major crisis has truly occurred at the Herta Space Station, as Nameless, we must lend aid to the victims.
And don’t forget another very important reason.”
“The Astral Express is almost out of fuel.
If we cannot resupply at the Herta Space Station, we will have to head to the more distant Jarilo-VI.
That is said to be a frozen planet, once destroyed by the Antimatter Legion.
Perhaps we won’t find supplies in that icy, snow-covered world.”
Mr.
Yang immediately understood the meaning behind Himeko’s words and murmured: “In other words, the safest course is that we must resupply at the Herta Space Station, or the Astral Express will stall.”
“So we really have no choice but to go.” Dan Heng still held his spear, leaning against the bar, his gaze grave.
“Then what about Miss Asta’s warning?
Are we just going to ignore it?” March 7th widened her eyes, looking at everyone, then subconsciously turned her gaze to Ye Cang.
“Hey, you also think those warnings are very problematic, right?”
Ye Cang shook his head and held up one finger.
“First, my name isn’t ‘Hey.’ I’m Chu Yu…
sorry, wrong channel.”
“Second, we are not ignoring Asta’s warning.
On the contrary, precisely because we have already decided to go to the space station, those three warnings of hers must be taken even more seriously!”
He fiddled with the control panel of the communication terminal and played the end of the footage again.
Still that blood-covered girl, still that desperate and sorrowful cry:
“Do not approach!”
“Do not answer!”
“Stay away from here!
Stay away from this star zone!”
Ye Cang quickly pressed pause, gazing at the girl’s heartbreakingly beautiful face in the hologram.
His breathing grew heavier.
He was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: “Do not approach, because approaching is dangerous.
Do not answer, because answering is also dangerous.
Telling us to stay away from here means the dangerous situation is still expanding, and may even affect the entire star zone where the Herta Space Station is located!”
“Combined with what she said earlier about Lady Herta having an audience with Nous, the station being contaminated by an unknown meme, and the Antimatter Legion’s invasion…
let’s make a bold guess!”
Although Ye Cang had never used these advanced high-tech terminals, he could understand simple icons.
He casually opened the star map, circled the small star zone where the Herta Space Station was located with his finger, and said in a low voice, “Lady Herta had an audience with Nous and brought back an unknown meme contamination.
At first, this contamination was not serious, not even enough to draw anyone’s attention.
But as the Antimatter Legion invaded the station, the previously overlooked meme contamination suddenly erupted within the station!”
“The erupted contamination infected everyone, naturally including the Antimatter Legion…
And so, the Herta Space Station fell.”
“The original distress signal became a warning.”