After the crisis on the Xianzhou had temporarily subsided, Dan Heng had a rare opportunity to stay and reflect on his not-so-fond past.
The thought of being carried here on a stretcher brought back all the sights of that journey.
He hadn't even been properly dressed at the time.
Soon, Dan Heng thought of Dan Shu's frenzied 'battle' and came to the clear realization that you can provoke any being, but you should never provoke a madwoman.
Otherwise, Jing Yuan's today would be his tomorrow.
March 7th ambushed him from behind, slapping him on the shoulder and shouting cheerfully, "Dan Heng! You're the local here, why don't you take us for a tour of the Xianzhou? We ran into trouble as soon as we arrived. Now that it's solved, you should at least show some hospitality, right? High Elder!"
Dan Heng's face immediately fell. He said helplessly, "I already told you, I'm not that High Elder. And I don't have any 'land' here anymore. If it weren't for the trouble on the Xianzhou, I probably wouldn't have even had the chance to come back."
"You, on the other hand, March, why aren't you out playing with Stelle? I'm planning to head back to the Express soon."
March 7th said in astonishment, "Why are you going back so early? We haven't been here long enough to see everything."
Dan Heng explained, "We originally received an invitation from the Family of Penacony. According to what Himeko said, we probably don't have much time to stay on the Xianzhou."
March 7th's face fell. She lamented, "No way! We finally got to such a nice place. If we don't stock up on good stuff and look around more, I might be an old lady by the next time we come."
Dan Heng thought to himself: Our Astral Express isn't that poor, is it? As for whether you'll be an old lady next time...
He comforted her, "It's alright. With our Express's itinerary, we'll probably be coming to the Xianzhou quite often in the future."
"Alright..." March 7th stopped pestering him about shopping. She looked around and suddenly felt something was off.
"Huh? Where's Stelle? Where did she go?"
March 7th suddenly realized that Stelle had disappeared. She knew that Mr. Yang had gone to find Noldrei, but where could Stelle have gone?
Stelle had indeed run into a little trouble.
But this trouble had nothing to do with anyone else. It was related to the Stellaron Hunters.
Stelle looked at the device in her hand. It had been delivered to her by a Xianzhou delivery bird after the Dan Shu crisis ended.
And on this device was a message and a communication device from the Stellaron Hunters.
"If you can see this projection, then you should be able to contact me."
A projection of Kafka appeared before Stelle.
Stelle was only slightly nervous. She asked, "What did you leave this for?"
"As you can see, I've already left the Xianzhou, and... I can't really say where I am. It should be across some kind of Imaginary Space, but for now, it's very safe. Even if there's something like a Stellaron, it can't interfere with us."
Kafka's words confused Stelle. She didn't know what she meant.
"Why are you telling me this? I still have some things I want to ask you."
Kafka shook her head, saying helplessly, "It seems your straightforward personality really isn't suited for listening to too much roundabout talk. But that's fine too. Then listen up..."
Kafka said with a serious expression, "We Stellaron Hunters have stolen that outworlder's Express. We used Silver Wolf's Aether Editing ability to hack into their Express, started it up, and left the Xianzhou."
Stelle's eyes bulged. She was almost shocked to death by these words.
"That kind of person... do you Stellaron Hunters have any confidence in beating him?"
Kafka said truthfully, "No. In fact, you could say that so far, all the crises you've encountered are nothing compared to the danger he poses."
Only after hearing her mother Kafka's words did Stelle snap out of it.
She remembered something: Kafka and her group of Stellaron Hunters had the ability to see the future.
This meant that they had stolen the Express for some future reason.
And these Stellaron Hunters didn't even have the confidence to win against Noldrei.
They were clearly on a suicide mission, willing to risk their lives now for a future they wanted.
"Are you all insane?! That guy doesn't look like someone to mess with! Can ordinary people do something like that?!"
Stelle began to suspect that the Stellaron Hunters were trying to harm someone. Maybe at this very moment, the Stellaron Hunters had already pinned the blame for the stolen Express on some unlucky soul.
"You know, Stellaron Hunters are not ordinary people."
Kafka didn't deny that her group was crazy.
She was here to explain something else.
"Stelle, there's something I need your help with. You... have to be careful... If there's any trouble, you might as well just ask Noldrei for help."
Before Kafka could finish, the projection disappeared.
It was as if something had been cut off. Stelle tried to recall what Kafka had said, but she found that a piece of her memory seemed to be missing.
This shocked her greatly.
It wasn't a feeling of loss, but more like a frame had been removed.
"Be careful of what?! Is it really okay to just ask such a dangerous person for help?!"
No matter how much Stelle shouted at the device, it was useless.
Kafka was gone, as if the signal had been lost.
She was sure that Kafka had said everything just now, but it had been obscured by some strange power.
"What was it?"
This strange and inexplicable event made Stelle feel a little uneasy.
"Forget it. Since she told me to ask Noldrei, I'll just go and ask him now!"
Stelle smacked her forehead, thinking that this trouble was no big deal.
Although Noldrei was indeed a formidable person, in Stelle's eyes, he was actually a very easy-going and approachable person. It was just that the things he did were often hard for others to understand, but to him, they were a matter of course.
Noldrei also didn't seem to think much of the things he needed to explain.
Stelle was just going by her gut feeling to gauge Noldrei's attitude. She hadn't even had as much contact with him as Mr. Yang had.
"What did Kafka say?"
"How strange..."
Stelle knew that Kafka wasn't playing riddles this time, but this situation, which was even more inexplicable than a riddle, made her very uncomfortable.
"But they actually stole that guy's Express?"
"What a bunch of lunatics. So, should I tell him or not?"
Kafka had told her about this. If Stelle just went and sold her out now, she felt that it wouldn't be a very good thing to do.
But if she really needed Noldrei's help and went to ask for it...
Wouldn't that be another dilemma?
Stelle was in a difficult position. After much consideration, she decided it was best to tell Noldrei about this.