March 7th and Himeko were standing by the hatch in their EVA suits.
“Mr.
Yang, just leave it to us!!” March 7th waved at the monitor.
Behind the screen, Welt Yang said helplessly, “Alright, stay safe.” After speaking, he pressed a button on the console, and the hatch in front of Himeko and March 7th opened.
March 7th and Himeko leapt out, floating in the vacuum of space; right before them was the girl in white.
March 7th was a bit excited and immediately activated the thrusters on the back of her suit, advancing toward the girl in white.
The moment she drew near, March 7th reached out and hugged the girl in white, preventing the thrust from pushing her further away.
She looked down and saw the face of the woman in white clearly, and her pupils instantly constricted.
It was a beautiful woman with white hair, wearing a white dress and a green leaf hair ornament.
She had a slender figure and nimble elven ears with slightly flushed tips, giving her a goddess-like aura.
“Oh my…
she’s way too pretty…” March 7th sensed.
She had never seen such a beautiful elder sister.
“Little March, what’s the situation on your end?” Himeko’s voice suddenly rang in March 7th’s headset.
“I’m fine, Sister Himeko!!” March 7th held the woman with one hand and immediately waved to Himeko with the other.
Himeko couldn’t help but smile.
“Great job, Little March.
Now, return to the hatch.” March 7th immediately made an “OK” gesture.
Just then, a massive energy fluctuation suddenly erupted in the distance, even affecting the two of them.
“What’s happening?” Himeko immediately became alert.
“An unknown energy fluctuation is coming from the asteroid belt in the distance,” Welt Yang’s voice came through the communicator.
“This energy fluctuation feels familiar, it’s like…
a Stellaron!” “I think we’ve found the reason for the unstable Star Rail.” March 7th was shocked.
“What?
A Stellaron!!” She held the woman in white tightly as they drifted through space.
Welt Yang continued, “Be careful, the Stellaron seems to be going berserk.” “What!!!” March 7th’s voice rose several octaves again.
Due to the Stellaron’s energy fluctuations, their communication signals were affected, so what reached Welt Yang’s ears was a series of ghostly wails from March 7th.
“I’m stabilizing the sensors now.
The Stellaron’s energy is getting stronger, and…
it seems to be heading right for us.” “Wah!!
No way!
I haven’t even enjoyed a few good years yet, I don’t want to die!!” March 7th clung to the woman in white, screaming desperately.
“Little March, watch the tether, don’t drift away!” Himeko immediately called out to remind her.
Before March 7th could pay attention, a light suddenly flared in the distant asteroid belt.
Following that, a meteor rushed toward them at a speed too fast for the naked eye to track.
“Not good, it’s heading for the Express!” Welt Yang’s tone was grave, his face turning pale.
Himeko remained silent, her mind racing for a solution.
The danger of a Stellaron was immeasurable.
If it hit the Express head-on, this entire star system would be destroyed with it.
Just as they were at their wits’ end, the high-speed Stellaron suddenly changed its trajectory as it passed them, heading straight for March 7th.
“Aahhh?
What’s going on?
Why is it coming for me?” March 7th wanted to flee, but she realized there was no way she could outrun a Stellaron.
In her moment of despair, the woman in white in her arms suddenly emitted a dazzling green light.
“What happened?” March 7th squinted, completely bewildered.
The moment the light flared, a giant ancient tree appeared in space, radiating an incredibly dense aura of life.
“This is…” Himeko was shocked.
She had never seen life energy so dense it was almost tangible.
If there was one possibility, she would first think of the Aeon of Abundance.
Inside the ship, Welt Yang saw this scene, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
“This energy signature…
it really is a Herrscher…” His expression instantly became intriguing.
At that moment, the Stellaron slammed into the phantom of the ancient tree.
In an instant, an extreme light erupted, forcing everyone to close their eyes.
When they opened their eyes, both the Stellaron and the giant tree had vanished.
…
Inside the Express, Pom-Pom paced anxiously across the floor, their short little hands twitching incessantly.
“Conductor, there’s no need to worry so much.
Have faith in Mr.
Yang and the others,” Dan Heng said from the side.
“I know that, Pom, but I can’t help but worry…” Pom-Pom still looked worried.
Suddenly, they noticed something was off.
“Eh?
Passenger Dan Heng, is your stomachache better now, Pom?” Dan Heng was silent for a moment, then covered his stomach with his hand again.
Just then, the sound of the Express hatch opening came; Himeko and the others were back.
Pom-Pom immediately ran out.
“How was it?
Everyone’s okay, Pom?” …
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
Oh, right.
My name is Eve.
I am Greater Lord Rukkhadevata of Sumeru, and also the newly ascended Herrscher of Life.
I once personally ended an era of a world, but I was also consumed by the backlash of my own power and dragged into a space-time turbulence.
At the same time, I have once again left her…
my daughter, Nahida…
Sorry, Mama couldn’t keep her promise.
But where am I now?
Just then, a voice came from outside.
“Is this the woman who was floating outside just now?” Dan Heng asked curiously.
“Mhm-mhm-mhm!!” March 7th answered excitedly.
“Little March was very excited at the time,” Himeko teased from the side.
“Well, she’s still very excited now.” “Pom!
Let me see, Pom!
You’re all too tall, Pom-Pom can’t see anything!!!” Pom-Pom shouted loudly.
“Hiss, she looks like she’s in bad shape.
March, give her artificial respiration!” Dan Heng said bluntly.
“Ah?
Why me?” March 7th asked, bewildered.
“Whoever brought the person back is responsible,” Dan Heng said flatly.
“Then, then, then, Sister Himeko was the one who carried her back!” March 7th panicked, pointing out the culprit.
“Ahem…” Himeko took a sip of her coffee and remained silent.
Her meaning was clear: it had nothing to do with her.
“Sister Himeko!!
How can you be like this?” March 7th said huffily.
Himeko immediately avoided March 7th’s gaze.
Seeing this, March 7th could only accept reality.
“But, but I don’t know how to do artificial respiration…” March 7th walked to Eve’s bedside.
Looking at Eve’s beautiful face, for some reason, her heart suddenly started racing.
While she was having an internal struggle, Dan Heng sighed beside her.
“Sigh, I’ll do it then.” Dan Heng stepped forward helplessly.
Hearing this, Eve suddenly snapped her eyes open.
The first thing she saw was Dan Heng’s face and his mouth about to close in.
“Stop!
Shut your mouth, Dan Heng!!” Seeing Eve awake, March 7th immediately pushed Dan Heng’s face away with her hand.
Dan Heng instantly fell back onto the floor.
At the same time, he was a bit dazed.
How did he feel like he had just been briefly abandoned?
“Beautiful elder sister, you’re awake!” March 7th looked at Eve, her eyes crinkling into crescents.
Eve clearly hadn’t quite figured out the situation yet and slowly sat up.
Well, she clutched her little blanket tightly.
Only then did she realize she was in a room.
The room was very clean, and the warm lights made it look very cozy.
Then there was the group of people in the room, and…
a Little Rabbit jumping hard at the very back.
The Little Rabbit wore reddish clothes and a tall hat.
It looked cute and amusing.
“Who…
are you?” Eve asked in confusion.
“Hehe, let me give you a grand introduction.
We are Trailblazers.
I’m March 7th, this is Dan Heng, and that’s Mr.
Yang and Sister Himeko.” March 7th introduced them with a serious face.
“I’m Dan Heng,” Dan Heng said seriously.
“Hello, I’m Himeko,” Himeko said with a smile.
“Welt Yang,” Mr.
Yang said plainly, a subtle meaning in his eyes.
“And me, Pom!!” Pom-Pom was still hopping around.
“Oh right, and Pom-Pom, they are our Conductor,” March 7th continued.
Seeing their warm hospitality, Eve spoke slowly: “Hello, my name is Eve.” “Eve?” March 7th repeated.
“That’s a really pretty name!!” “Thank you.” Eve smiled slightly.
It seemed they weren’t bad people.
“Speaking of which, Sister Eve, why were you floating in space?” March 7th continued to ask.
“Floating?
In space?” Eve was a bit dazed.
She only remembered being dragged into space-time turbulence; she didn’t remember the rest.
The world of Teyvat didn’t have the term’space.’ Had she transmigrated again?
“Yeah, yeah, and your clothes were all tattered.
Did you get into a fight with someone?” “Ah?” Eve suddenly thought of something and immediately lifted her blanket to check.
She lifted the blanket and found herself wearing blue and white striped clothes.
“Hehe, beautiful elder sister, don’t worry.
When Sister Himeko brought you up, she already helped you change.” March 7th said.
“It’s just a hospital gown…” Dan Heng said quietly from the side.
“It was an emergency, and these clothes are relatively fitting for the situation,” Himeko said plainly.
“Still, even in this, you’re so, so beautiful.” March 7th stood up and said excitedly.
Being complimented like that by March 7th, Eve suddenly felt a bit shy.
She began to carefully observe the group of people before her.
Although she was the Herrscher of Life, she had just woken up and was too weak; not even a tenth of her power remained.
Wait, why did it feel like there was something extra inside her body?
That thing’s energy purity was quite high, like a Gnosis, providing a continuous stream of energy.
It was probably because of this that she had woken up from her slumber.
“By the way, I have a question.
Do you know where the Stellaron went?” Welt Yang looked at Eve with sharp eyes.
“Stellaron?” Eve asked, confused.
Could it be that thing inside her body?
She hadn’t paid much attention to it before, but now that she thought about it carefully, that thing had an uncomfortable scent to it.
It felt like something that would destroy everything and turn it to ruins.
But it had a lot of energy.
“Hey, hey, Miss Eve, Miss Eve?” March 7th poked the entranced Eve.
“Ah.” Eve suddenly snapped back to reality.
Everyone was looking at her with expectant eyes.
“I don’t really remember.
That thing you mentioned…
it seems like I swallowed it…” Eve said with a hint of embarrassment.
“What!!” Everyone was instantly shocked.
Can a Stellaron be eaten?
“Ate, ate it…
do you mean in a physical sense?” March 7th said incredulously.
“Um…
it should be the kind of ‘eating’ you’re thinking of.” Eve scratched her head.
“Then is your body okay?” March 7th immediately poked Eve’s body in concern.
“I’m fine, ridiculously fine.
I could even do a song and dance routine…” Eve said.
“A Stellaron is the Cancer of All Worlds.
Swallowing a Stellaron is indeed an interesting event,” Welt Yang muttered to himself.
“‘Interesting’ doesn’t even begin to cover it; it’s absurd,” Himeko said from the side.
“So, where is this?” Eve asked blankly.
“Here?
This is the Astral Express!” March 7th said happily.
Well, since she can ask such a question, it seems she’s not just a ‘bimbo’ beauty; her brain isn’t broken.
“Astral Express?” Eve shook her head; she had no memory of it.
“The Astral Express can Warp between universes, stopping at station after station.
As long as someone is willing to join the wondrous journey, the doors will open generously for them.” Himeko said while drinking her coffee.
“So that’s how it is…” Eve nodded slightly.