The Warp sequence toward Jarilo-VI remained unchanged from the beta.
A-Xian wasn’t paying attention to that.
She was curious about something else.
Now that the official version had added Lingzhou—
Who would join the game’s first Trailblaze expedition?
Himeko:
“For this expedition, I’d like to leave it to you and little March.”
“No problem. I’m ready.”
“Just the two of us?”
“I was only born recently. Isn’t duo-queueing with March this soon a little dangerous?”
A-Xian immediately perked up.
The story divergence was beginning.
She instinctively chose option three.
“Hey!”
“Can you remove some of the distrust from your tone?”
“Don’t underestimate this young lady!”
March glared at Stelle.
Stelle shrugged and smiled without saying anything.
Back on the Space Station—
She had already witnessed March’s remarkable talent for recklessness.
If it were really just the two of them…
She might need to prepare an emergency shortcut for calling reinforcements.
Himeko laughed.
“Don’t worry.”
“Of course I’m not sending only the two of you.”
March:
“Who else?”
Himeko:
“Dan Heng or Lingzhou.”
“As a small privilege for our newcomer, you may personally invite the person you want to travel with.”
“Of course, both of them have the right to refuse.”
The camera shifted to Dan Heng, then Lingzhou.
Dan Heng:
“I have no objection.”
Lingzhou:
“If both of us refuse, that means either you or Welt would have to personally go, right?”
Himeko:
“Mm.”
“Correct.”
Everyone looked at Stelle.
Choose Dan Heng.
Choose Lingzhou.
“What a shame. I can’t choose to go alone…”
Seeing the final option on the right side of the screen, A-Xian immediately laughed.
Solo Trailblazing Jarilo-VI obviously wasn’t happening.
Most likely, the game would eventually force a three- or four-person party.
Still—
That didn’t reduce her curiosity about what kind of roasting option three would trigger.
Unexpectedly—
The protagonist directly spoke aloud.
“What a shame Nameless don’t believe in the Lone Wolf Dao.”
“Otherwise I’d make sure the people of Jarilo-VI properly witness the reputation of I—Lone Wolf Trailblaze Stelle!”
March:
“Lingzhou.”
“Can you check her?”
“See if she got possessed.”
Lingzhou:
“Relax.”
“Nobody mounted her body.”
Stelle looked full of longing.
March looked full of disbelief.
Lingzhou looked completely serious.
The interaction immediately amused countless players.
Himeko: You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Alright.”
“Don’t forget the main topic.”
“You already met both Dan Heng and Lingzhou on the Space Station.”
“They’re both mature and reliable people.”
“You can trust them.”
“Tiny spoiler.”
“In Beta 3, there was no choice.”
“You automatically traveled with March and Dan Heng.”
“Now the launch version actually lets us choose.”
“Does that mean we really get different story routes?”
“Dan Heng and Lingzhou have completely different personalities.”
“If the only difference is who physically comes with you while all the dialogue remains identical…”
“That would be extremely disappointing.”
[No way the writers would do that. They’d get roasted alive.]
[Why give a choice if there’s no difference?]
“Exactly.”
“So I’m choosing Lingzhou and comparing his route against the Beta 3 story.”
“The overall main plot probably won’t change much.”
“The interesting part will be the smaller details.”
Stelle:
“Brother Lingzhou!”
“I choose you.”
“You wouldn’t reject a rookie’s request to travel together, would you?”
Lingzhou bowed in a gentlemanly manner.
“It would be my honor, beautiful lady.”
Himeko:
“Your objective is very clear.”
“Find the Stellaron responsible for Jarilo’s disasters and spatial distortion.”
“Have Lingzhou place a preliminary seal upon it.”
“Then bring it back to the Express.”
Stelle:
“No problem.”
“Come to think of it, why aren’t the rest of you going?”
Himeko:
“Unless there’s a special circumstance, it’s better to leave someone guarding the Express.”
“Otherwise Pom-Pom gets lonely.”
“Besides…”
“Nanook just glanced at us.”
“There’s a chance the Antimatter Legion may continue targeting the train.”
Welt sighed helplessly.
“Looks like it isn’t our turn this time either.”
Himeko laughed.
“Young people should occasionally travel alone and deepen their bonds.”
“Then it’s settled.”
“You can chat a little before departure.”
“When you’re ready, take the Express landing craft down.”
In the real Astral Express, there was no player selection.
The moment Himeko suggested that Lingzhou go to Jarilo—
Dan Heng calmly nodded.
He felt no need to accompany them too.
Lingzhou was the doctor aboard the train.
That was true.
But nobody had ever said doctors couldn’t fight.
Although Dan Heng had never personally witnessed Lingzhou’s full strength—
He could sense that the man was far from simple.
Their previous Trailblaze expeditions were the strongest proof.
March saw Stelle looking thoughtful and immediately revealed her cute dimples.
“Don’t be nervous.”
“Lingzhou and I are veteran Trailblazers.”
“Follow us and I guarantee you’ll eat well and drink spicy—”
“Uh.”
“Assuming Jarilo still has delicious food or spicy drinks.”
“Looking outside, it’s completely white.”
“I’d be happy if they even have sashimi.”
Stelle sighed.
“True.”
“Beautiful girls aren’t built for cold weather.”
“Relax.”
“With the power of Trailblaze protecting you, you’re not going to turn into beautifully frozen maidens.”
Lingzhou snapped his fingers and turned with a smile.
“Follow me.”
“Where?”
Stelle blurted out.
“To board the landing craft and descend to Jarilo.”
“What?”
“Did you plan to open the train door and jump?”
March rolled her eyes.
“Uh.”
“No.”
Stelle obediently followed them to the docking carriage at the rear of the Express.
There, she saw the landing craft.
It looked pretty impressive.
Lingzhou opened the hatch without hesitation and casually stepped inside.
Stelle followed behind March.
Unexpectedly, March suddenly stopped.
Stelle failed to brake in time and bumped into her.
“Oww!”
“Why’d you stop all of a sudden?”
“I-I remembered something…”
March swallowed hard.
Her pupils trembled slightly.
“Actually…”
“Forget it.”
“You’ll find out soon.”
Stelle wanted to complain about the pink-haired beauty deliberately being mysterious.
But March hadn’t lied.
She found out very quickly.
Specifically—
Less than ten seconds after the landing craft detached from the Express.
An ear-piercing loss-of-control alarm instantly filled the cabin.
The entire craft transformed into a streak of light and plummeted toward Jarilo-VI.
Only at the very last moment did it narrowly level out.
It skimmed along the ground for an absurd distance and almost smashed directly into a mountainside.
The two girls staggered out, dizzy and disoriented.
They had to rely on the freezing wind to slowly regain awareness.
March’s unfinished sentence finally made perfect sense to Stelle.
What she had wanted to say was—
Lingzhou actually had no idea how to fly a ship.
March braced herself against a cold rock.
One hand covered her chest.
Her mouth opened—
And a rainbow bridge emerged.
“Who gets sick from riding in a spaceship?”
“That’s seriously lame.”
Stelle tried to remain calm.
She barely managed two lines of mockery before her stomach suddenly surged like a dam breaking.
There was absolutely no holding it back.
And thus—
A second rainbow appeared.
Lingzhou inspected the underside of the landing craft.
After confirming there was no damage, he quietly sighed in relief.
Then he looked toward the two bent-over beauties huddled together.
He touched his nose.
“You’re both so young and already get motion sickness?”
“You should’ve told me earlier.”
“I have medicine for that.”
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