(This chapter is a two-in-one)
Under Welt's somewhat complicated gaze, Cocolia's polite attitude made him slightly uncomfortable.
"Ahem, then, can I inspect the Stellaron's condition first?"
Welt's primary objective in coming here this time was to resolve the matter of the Stellaron. The previous method of handling Stellarons by the Astral Express crew was usually to apply a seal or directly let Xing, who was like a vessel, absorb it. Then, on the Express, Dan Heng and Himeko would report it. Now that Fu Zhu had the Stellaron from the Trailblazer's body in his hand, it had become considerably more stable.
"Mm."
Fu Zhu took out the Stellaron from his backpack. The Stellaron lay quietly in his palm, and Cocolia also looked over with some surprise. "The Stellaron's voice… has disappeared…"
Previously, no matter where the Stellaron was, its chaotic whispers would echo in her mind, making her restless.
Dan Heng supported his chin, his gaze fixed on Fu Zhu and the Stellaron, observing this similar yet distinct situation. From the very beginning, when everyone was deliberately avoiding the question, Fu Zhu had brought up the news that there was a Stellaron inside the Trailblazer, and then he had performed the operation to extract the Stellaron from the Trailblazer's body on the spot, using the technology of Herta Space Station to print a vessel for containment.
Then it was either that Xing was from somewhere else, or that he himself was the one who had come from the black hole space station?
"Yang, are you smoking?"
Fu Zhu saw Welt staring intently at him. He, too, felt a bit strange, so he couldn't help but ask.
Welt snapped back to attention, shook his head with a somewhat dazed expression, and then quickly collected himself.
"No, it's nothing. It's just that your ability to seal Stellarons, or rather, the previous Astral Express crew's ability to absorb Stellarons, is quite different from yours." He was thinking that Fu Zhu's method was too high.
"This matter is of utmost importance, and Mr. Fu Zhu has handed over the Stellaron sealed by the Trailblazer to me for safekeeping. So, Mr. Welt, you can also ask me."
"Hmm? Is that so? Could it be that the sealed Stellaron can also be used by me?"
Dan Heng also looked at Fu Zhu with some concern. He was worried that Fu Zhu didn't understand the dangers of the Stellaron.
"Rest assured, no matter what you want to use it for, you must always be mindful of yourself and your surroundings. Don't take any unnecessary risks."
"No problem!"
Fu Zhu agreed readily. For him, the Stellaron was currently just a way to convert, like converting Bedrock and End Stone.
This time, if there wasn't another Stellaron on Jarilo-VI, Fu Zhu felt that it was rather fortunate. Whether it was still possible to directly convert the Stellaron into a life-saving square this time, like the last time, was hard to say. It was quite special to be able to open Creative Mode. It wouldn't appear normally.
Although converting the Stellaron into a life-saving square was somewhat regrettable, Fu Zhu thought about another point. As everyone knew, in MC, after adding MODs, various items and even various heavenly defying blocks in the MODs would appear.
Just like the previous custom food for the Trailblazer, or the various equivalent exchange and conversion items, etc. Whether it was a MOD, as long as one could think of it, with his own real ability, he could obtain a very significant improvement.
He didn't want to do it. It was crucial to have enough data for the Stellaron.
At this moment, Fu Zhu had become the best choice for the Trailblazer.
As Fu Zhu's request was agreed upon, Welt and Himeko would naturally continue to stay on Jarilo-VI for matters concerning the Stellaron and the Fragmentum.
As for Fu Zhu, these little things naturally didn't require his constant attention. Standing on the side and watching Cocolia's group of purple-haired and little purple-haired girls was enough. The overall negotiation atmosphere wasn't overly tense, with one big purple-haired girl speaking and one little purple-haired girl interrupting.
"Great Guardian, I have an urgent matter to report!"
Just as Cocolia was about to agree to Welt's request, a Silvermane Guard suddenly rushed in.
The guard who barged in was immediately reprimanded by Gepard. "Don't you know we're in a meeting? What's so important that you had to interrupt this meeting, which is even more important than a Stellaron descending upon Jarilo-VI, unless there are Nameless involved?"
"This matter has nothing to do with the Nameless!"
Upon hearing the Silvermane Guard's words, "Since it's related to us, can Lady Cocolia let this little sister explain the situation first?"
Cocolia, hearing the Silvermane Guard mention that it was related to Fu Zhu and the others, couldn't just ignore it. After getting Cocolia's approval, the Silvermane Guard who had barged in turned her head to look at Cocolia, then respectfully said to Cocolia,
"It's like this. Originally, we let Mr. Svarog and Miss Clara carry out planting work in the Overworld, but when it came time to enter the Underworld, a self-proclaimed Stellaron Hunter robot found us?"
"A robot that calls itself a Stellaron Hunter?"
Someone was trying to control their system, requesting Mr. Fu Zhu's support.
"Someone controlling Svarog?"
As Fu Zhu's words left his mouth, Welt and Cocolia's expressions immediately changed.
"You guys recognize this Svarog robot?"
Fu Zhu nodded. He then briefly recounted his experiences with Cocolia and Svarog in the Underworld.
After Cocolia heard this, she immediately brought them along.
"Where is Svarog? Take me to him."
Following Fu Zhu's instructions, the Silvermane Guard who had reported the incident had already brought Fu Zhu and the others to Svarog's hidden villa. At this moment, Svarog had already lost his original consciousness and was just a puppet.
"Great Guardian." Bronya looked at Cocolia, somewhat worried.
"It's alright, Bronya. Don't worry. With Mr. Fu Zhu here, he will definitely be able to help Mr. Svarog. Ever since this morning, Mr. Svarog's network has been saying that a Stellaron Hunter wants to talk to them, and has been speaking in his system."
"Stellaron Hunter?!"
Welt and Himeko, upon hearing this name, immediately tensed up. Cocolia, who was beside them, also frowned deeply.
"Svarog, are they able to explain their current situation?"
Unexpectedly, before the Silvermane Guard could finish her sentence, Svarog, who was originally standing stiffly, suddenly moved. His red eyes shot out a beam of light, projecting a virtual image in front of everyone. Then, Svarog, with a somewhat dazed expression, shook his head.
Svarog was actually fine.
The shadowy figure of a woman, sitting lazily on a chair with her legs crossed, her delicate right hand propping up her chin, was looking at everyone present. One could tell from her elegant posture and lazy demeanor that she was a proud and beautiful woman.
"Dear me, Jarilo-VI's technological prowess isn't too shabby, is it? Why is this station's mechanical system still stuck at a level from hundreds of years ago?"
Source code, how can there be such a strange source code? This is much more advanced than Herta Space Station's system!
The remote projection system automatically activated? "I just activated this… wait…"
Silver Wolf's expression changed. She quickly tapped twice on the keyboard, and the original one-way remote projection system became two-way, and she also appeared in the meeting room.
"Don't try to invade… this will fail. How can I be at Kafka and Elio…"
The silent, dull doll was placed back on the ground.
A pair of dark eyes stared intently at the Stellaron Hunter?
What was even more noteworthy was that Silver Wolf, who was speaking about Svarog's system, had an unopenable source code. The source code was what prevented her from controlling Svarog.
This made her recall the redstone circuit she had encountered on Fu Zhu's back earlier. It seemed that Fu Zhu had also arranged for similar things at Svarog's place. This look, this redstone circuit, was clearly more advanced than her own!
She was increasingly convinced that Fu Zhu had also set up a redstone circuit. After trying again to confirm that she had no way to crack this redstone circuit, Silver Wolf looked at the embarrassing scene in front of her and the scene of Fu Zhu's triumphant return. After the awkward silence, she pulled the trigger, raised the muzzle, and respectfully said,
"Kafka!"
"What's wrong?"
The screen suddenly turned to a woman's voice. Kafka walked in, glanced at everyone, then casually sat down beside Silver Wolf.
"Truly formidable. You're Silver Wolf, right? Don't look down on me. What business do you have with us this time?"
Silver Wolf lowered her head slightly, then looked at Welt and the others with a somewhat apologetic expression.
At the same time, the most powerful young man on the scene, Welt, would not be affected by this charming atmosphere.
"Stellaron Hunter, what are you trying to achieve by finding us?"
Silver Wolf relayed Welt's turn of phrase, and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
If other Nameless were present, perhaps they would be good targets!
She was looking at this opportunity, wearing high heels, her lithe figure swaying, she continued to drag the progress bar on the desktop, her right hand resting on the mouse. A projection of various planets appeared on the desktop. She pointed to a planet near Jarilo-VI.
"First, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Kafka, a Stellaron Hunter. Our Patron wishes to negotiate with the Astral Express. I wonder if this position is suitable for me?"
"What do you mean?"
Kafka didn't answer immediately, but instead extended a slender finger and tapped twice on the projection.
"This is a projection of the Milky Way Alliance, and currently, in the star systems near the Astral Express, there should be a research project by Herta called the Simulated Universe that you are all aware of, right?"
Welt and Himeko exchanged a glance. They were both familiar with the Simulated Universe. They had even been invited by Herta to participate in its internal testing. However, it was still in the development stage and hadn't been officially launched yet.
"We hope that the Astral Express can go to Jarilo-VI, and then to the Xianzhou Luofu."
Fu Zhu looked at Kafka, then turned to Welt and said, "Yang, Xianzhou, like Jarilo-VI, is also a large-scale alliance ruled by Aeons."
"A single message from [Xun] was enough to make these large Star Domains become battlefields."
Welt briefly explained to Fu Zhu and the others, then looked at Kafka again with a serious expression.
"I understand now. You, the Stellaron Hunters, already know that we will seal the Stellaron, but you still want us to go to the Xianzhou Luofu, so there must be a Stellaron there too."
"That is indeed the case. And the Aeon of the Hunt on the Xianzhou Luofu, Lan, is the patron of the Xianzhou Alliance."
Half a month later, she remembered, she clicked the mouse, and a projection of the Xianzhou Luofu appeared on the table.
"This is where Svarog is. I believe this position of the Astral Express will satisfy everyone, right?"
Kafka sat down next to the Trailblazer, her focus shifting to Fu Zhu.
A faint smile played on Kafka's lips as she looked at Fu Zhu. "Don't worry, if you want to refuse, you will die because of it."
"Heh, you guys want to make a deal with me? For what reason?"
Fu Zhu looked at Kafka's projection, his interest piqued. "You think the Astral Express will cooperate with you Stellaron Hunters?"
"I know what you're thinking, and what you want to do. Just looking at everyone's expressions, this decision has already been made, right? For now, how about you all take a seat?"
Kafka looked back at Xing, a playful smile on her lips.
"I know what you're thinking, and what you want to do. Let's just say that we invite the Astral Express to reconsider the matter of the Xianzhou Luofu again."
Kafka also shifted her gaze to Fu Zhu, who was beside Xing.
"Fu Zhu… right? We hope that you can go to the Xianzhou Luofu. We also have many interesting things to do there. And Elio has foreseen that your joining is crucial for the Astral Express to smoothly resolve the Stellaron crisis on the Xianzhou Luofu. Without your help, the Astral Express's journey will be fraught with difficulties, with no one to provide support."
Kafka's communication was disconnected, and the scene fell into silence.
Cocolia stood up first. "Everyone from the Astral Express, please rest assured. Even if you are Stellaron Hunters, you are still guests of our Belobog. As long as you are on Jarilo-VI, we will ensure your safety to the best of our ability. Regarding the matter of the Xianzhou Luofu, you can take your time to consider it. No matter what, we will respect the decision of the Astral Express."
After Cocolia finished speaking, she and Bronya excused themselves first, leaving the space for the Astral Express crew to discuss.
Welt was the first to speak. "What do you all think?"
Himeko pondered for a moment, then said, "I suggest we don't go to the Xianzhou Luofu for now."
March 7th, who was sitting next to Xing, asked with some curiosity, "So, what do you think, Welt?"
"Prepare to head to the Xianzhou Luofu."
Before heading to the Xianzhou Luofu, Fu Zhu felt it was very necessary to bring a complete set of enchanted diamond equipment.
At least, after entering the Xianzhou Luofu, which was controlled by the Stellaron Hunters, he would also have some means of self-preservation.
Fu Zhu told Welt and the others about this somewhat excessive requirement, and they all readily agreed. It was just some trivial matters. The top priority for the Astral Express was still to resolve the Stellaron crisis. After the matter was settled, it would be fine. It wasn't a big deal.
"Alright." xN
After disconnecting the remote projection communication, Kafka returned to the bar counter and poured herself another glass of strong liquor, taking a helpless gulp.
"Kafka, will this kind of thing really work in the future?"
This was the first time Silver Wolf felt so unconfident about her hacking skills.
Kafka also shook her head at Silver Wolf's words, showing an expression of disbelief.
"Elio's virtual black cat form appeared again on the bar counter. It first smoothed down the fur that Silver Wolf had ruffled earlier, then said to Silver Wolf, 'That's Redstone technology, not something you can casually crack. You need to know, Redstone technology, you can't just use hacking techniques to break it. It's you.'"
Silver Wolf speechlessly rolled her eyes.
"Thank you for nothing, I can see that too…"
"But since you've sensed it, why aren't you excited to play another round?" Elio tried to persuade her.
Hearing this, Silver Wolf immediately perked up, stood up, and with both hands on the bar, eagerly said, "No! So we're Stellaron Hunters, and we're going to enter the game forcefully! I, a Stellaron Hunter, am still going to see Elio!"
Elio looked at Silver Wolf's protesting, yet not protesting, appearance, and asked with amusement, "So what if you want to? Did you know that the latest game I played has a new activity, 996! And I'm telling you, does what you're going to do have anything to do with the game?"
"What are you trying to say?"
"I want you to return to Herta Space Station. Herta, on Herta Space Station, is currently researching a technology called the Simulated Universe. And the foundation for developing the Simulated Universe is a peculiar stone that Fu Zhu gave her."
If possible, I hope you can dive into the Simulated Universe, or even drag Fu Zhu into the Simulated Universe.
"Huh? Is this matter very important?"
Silver Wolf didn't quite understand. Although Elio was talking about games, she instinctively felt that what Elio was saying was definitely not related to games.
Kafka also looked at Elio with some incomprehension.
"We shouldn't be looking down on the Astral Express, right? Why did Silver Wolf have to hack into Herta Space Station? Is it related to what Elio said about the Simulated Universe?"
"I don't want to think about it either…"
Elio let out a sigh and said faintly, "After going to the Xianzhou Luofu, I briefly saw a fragment of the future."
After Herta Space Station successfully transmitted the Simulated Universe, and after Fu Zhu and the others entered the Simulated Universe, the world that was originally simulated was changed to reality.
If he were pulled out of the Simulated Universe, I'm afraid I would completely lose the power of [Terminus]. I wouldn't even be able to observe the future on the other side of the two eyes of the messenger with the simulated universe.
Hearing Elio's agitated speech, Kafka felt a slight headache.
"It sounds like a very serious matter, which means I have no choice but to go?"
Elio nodded with a smile, then patted its chest with its front paw and said, "Yes, and I will also go to that world created by Fu Zhu. That world created by Fu Zhu will also make you very satisfied."