Chapter 203: A Song for March 7th
As the train passed through the Jade Gate to dock on the deck, Welt Yang gathered the trailblazing squad for their final briefing.
"Before we depart, I need to clarify the purpose of this trip with everyone. Although the Stellaron Hunters have thrown out many smoke bombs, the most important thing about this Xianzhou trip is..."
"To sample the local delicacies." Bronya chuckled.
"Exactly, and second, to take many beautiful landscape photos."
March 7th's slender fingers playfully twirled twice, then she cutely formed a finger gun as if casting a spell, pointing it at the sky-blue camera she pulled out with her other hand.
"Treasure chests! Treasure chests! Open all the treasure chests!"
"Crystals! Crystals! Not a single one missed!"
Stelle and Caelus shouted, raising their fists, like students at a pre-exam pep rally.
White Seele indicated that everyone was right!
Welt Yang's glasses slipped a little under an inexplicable pressure. Even before starting, he already felt the pressure Dan Heng had faced last time.
"The Stellaron Hunters definitely have ulterior motives, but considering their reputation and Kafka's emphasis, it's probably true that there's a Stellaron in the Xianzhou."
"Trailblazers don't seek fame or fortune. We must do our best to eliminate any potential disaster, and under this premise..."
Welt Yang reached out and pushed up his glasses: "...try not to make too much noise when looking for treasure chests and crystals."
No choice.
Although it's still unclear what exactly is going on with Stelle and Caelus's strange situation, or if it's related to Aha, the Aeon of Elation, crystals are necessary to summon their mecha.
In front of a super mecha, Welt Yang had to take crystals seriously.
"Ooh-ooh-ooh!"
The squad members cheered with great enthusiasm, making Himeko a little helpless.
"Let's go!"
Under the guidance of Silver Wolf, who was disguised as a staff member at the Starfaring Harbor, everyone disembarked onto Luofu.
"So many containers," White Seele exclaimed in surprise, looking at the surroundings.
"No, seriously, guys, this isn't a place for passengers to disembark, this is a cargo-only dock! Who guided us here?"
March 7th looked around and loudly complained, then suddenly thought of something:
"Wait, how come there's not a single person visible at a port with such a huge throughput?"
"If there were only shadows, wouldn't that be even scarier?" Stelle and Caelus mused, chin in hand.
"Huh? Who said there's no one? There's a staff member right there, can't you see him?"
Caelus raised his hand and pointed forward, his voice filled with surprise.
At his words, everyone, including Welt Yang, instinctively looked in the direction Caelus pointed, but all they saw were containers.
"Where's anyone?"
March 7th turned back blankly, seeing Caelus's incredulous expression of "Can't you see him?", her expression gradually changed.
Suddenly, a chilling wind blew past, accompanied by a barely audible wailing sound, like the cry of a spirit, sending shivers down everyone's spines.
March 7th instantly tensed up.
White Seele's small face turned slightly pale, and she huddled her shoulders, leaning towards Caelus.
"March, Stelle and Caelus are gone!"
Caelus's sudden shout made March 7th whip her head around to Stelle and Caelus's previous position, only to find it empty. Just then, a puff of air blew past her ear.
"Eek!!!" March 7th's hair stood on end, startled into screaming.
"Hahaha!"
The short scream quickly ceased due to the laughter from behind. March 7th glanced at Bronya, who was trying to suppress her laughter, and Welt Yang, who sighed, and immediately knew she had been pranked.
White Seele was genuinely scared, but when Stelle and Caelus tiptoed behind March 7th, she reacted.
"It was Caelus!"
An exasperated and annoyed March 7th glared at the two, perfectly embodying the emoticon of "So bad, I'm going to glare with my eyes."
"It was her/his idea."
Stelle and Caelus pointed at each other, selling out their teammate in a second.
In reality, the two had not communicated at all, acting purely on tacit understanding.
Watching this scene, Welt Yang reminded them:
"Everyone, this is not the time for games. Let's go. We'll start by finding the person who opened the Jade Gate. If this person has ulterior motives, it will save us some trouble."
The group started moving forward.
Caelus walked beside March 7th, who had her arms crossed and turned her head away.
Stelle and Caelus walked to the other side. March 7th turned her head again, looking straight ahead, entirely in the pose of an angry girlfriend.
Stelle and Caelus exchanged glances, briefly communicating with their eyes, then gave a thumbs-up to themselves, meaning "Watch me."
"A'Qi, I specifically wrote a song for you a while ago."
Caelus said casually and leisurely, as if nothing had happened, striking up a conversation.
"Huh?"
"A song specifically written for me?"
Hearing this, March 7th's feigned anger immediately crumbled. She turned to look, her pink-blue eyes dynamically conveying a curious flash of "What? What?"
Stelle and Caelus glanced sideways.
"You little rascal, you have this trick up your sleeve?"
Five minutes later.
"I want sweet tastes! I want fragrant bubbles!"
"No salty tears! I want all the stars to shine!"
A clear and cheerful voice, like a nightingale.
"I have fantastical dreams! Traveling through time and space everywhere!"
March 7th sang the catchy song, her steps as joyful as a happy girl.
She was very satisfied with the song; indeed, just as Caelus said, it was tailor-made for her.
Her earlier feigned anger from the prank was thrown to the winds. A'Caelus is truly A'Caelus!
She'll return the favor later!
Not only March 7th was happy, but Stelle and Caelus were too, not because they had appeased Little March, but because they had found a golden glow!
Amidst the dense containers at the port, golden glowing treasure chests could occasionally be seen.
Open, open, open!
Caelus's mood soared.
Previously, after completing Herta's Simulated Universe test mission and special missions at the space station, his crystals had reached 1302.
Over the subsequent five days, the mask's monthly pass alone provided 150 crystals. Scattered gains and the cost of purchasing Starflame Fruits canceled each other out, with two extra crystals remaining.
Currently, he had 1454 crystals, less than one pull away from a ten-pull!
"Caelus, come back quickly, something's been found up ahead!"
A shout came from the front. Caelus scrambled out of a treasure chest container, looking towards Little March, who was bouncing and waving, then flipped out from inside.
"Coming, coming!"
Crystals +3.
When Caelus returned to the main group and they quickly moved forward and left, another figure emerged from the container.
"Stellaron outbreak, accompanied by parallel-universe transmigrators. No problems here~"
A clear and crisp voice, very pleasant to listen to. Her nose bridge was high, and her slightly upturned eyebrows carried a hint of heroism.
Her exquisite, smooth brownish-black long hair was tied into mature-looking twin ponytails, their length almost reaching the ground. A white and dark blue interwoven dress enveloped her delicate body, outlining the plumpness of her chest.
Knight of Purity Past: Moon Shade, the Plus version of Li Sushang.
Due to Caelus's mechanism of being able to use only three characters at a time, Li Sushang spent most of her time in the Valkyrie's Quarters, only able to come out and move when Li Sushang (as "Little Duck") used her Silver Wing body.
She was familiarizing herself with this body and using learning chips to enhance her swordsmanship.
Moon Shade was an S-rank character in the Honkai Impact 3rd game, but her system rating in the character card was only the lowest four-star.
Although Li Sushang's combat power was decent, her life level hadn't reached that of a Herrscher, nor was she a Fusion Warrior with Honkai Beast genes; she was merely a human with extraordinary talent.
Purely in terms of physical fitness, Li Sushang, who had practiced martial arts since childhood and cultivated supreme martial arts techniques, was undoubtedly stronger than Raven.
After all, the essence of Taixu Sword Art was a pre-civilization method of modifying the human body, optimizing it, and increasing ordinary people's ability to contain and utilize Honkai energy.
Although Caelus didn't know Taixu Sword Art, with such physical fitness, plus the badges and the perception from multiple bodies, his strength was not weak.
"I need to find a suitable opportunity to call in the stand-in. As for now... I'll find some treasure chests first."
With a slight smile, Li Sushang walked in a completely different direction from the Astral Express crew.
The Astral Express crew left the loading and unloading dock and arrived at an area with fewer containers.
"What is this!"
Welt Yang's expression slightly changed. There lay a large pile of soldiers dressed in armor and holding weapons, scattered haphazardly!
Most of these people had lost their lives and become cold corpses. There were countless bloodstains on the ground, and a few still clung to life, but were severely wounded, basically on the verge of being reborn into another world.
"F-F-Front..."
The severely wounded and dying Cloud Knights' pupils had already begun to unfocus. Seeing someone arrive, they wanted to use their last strength to remind them to ignore themselves and go forward to help their comrades.
"Stelle and Caelus, emergency medicine! March, prepare to use Six-Phase Ice to freeze the wounds."
Experienced Welt Yang frowned upon seeing the soldiers' condition.
"Okay!"
Although Xianzhou was normally very safe, to avoid unexpected situations, Welt Yang had everyone prepare and carry various medicines. Stelle and Caelus had spatial equipment, so they didn't need to worry about weight.
"Leave it to me~"
"Can such severe injuries truly be healed with just medicine? Let Seele do it instead."
After communicating with her parallel-world self in her mind, kind White Seele couldn't bear to see the soldiers die in front of her and stepped forward.
She could also use Black Abyss White Flower.
"Seele? But... didn't Dan Heng tell you to try not to use that power on Luofu?"
Not understanding the reason, but March 7th saw how serious Dan Heng was, so the consequences must be severe, right?
"It's okay, Big Sister March, saving lives is more important."
White Seele trusted her parallel-world Seele; if she said it was no big deal, then it was no big deal.
"Alright then."
The power of Black Abyss White Flower was much faster than ordinary medicine.
Just as Seele was about to give the Black Abyss White Flower to White Seele, everyone suddenly turned to look forward simultaneously.
A dozen monsters rushed towards them.
"Roar!"
These monsters had roughly human forms, but upon closer inspection, they were disfigured, their bodies seemingly woven from plant branches, appearing especially horrifying and ferocious.
Their weapons were peculiar blades formed from a mix of steel, flesh, bone, and branches growing from their mutated bodies. Their eyes, hidden beneath layers of flesh and leaves, no longer showed any trace of the rationality expected of sentient beings.
"Are these the monsters of this map?"
Stelle and Caelus pulled out their baseball bat: "Let me try it out first!"
"Achoo!"
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