Nero did not notice Tingyun's movements beside him. He sat on the sofa and stretched his legs hard, then stood up and moved his body a little.
It felt like he had just fought someone...
Nero did not think too much about it. After all, Sister Tingyun said he had fallen asleep, so he must have fallen asleep.
It was normal to feel a bit sore after waking up.
After that, Nero looked around, then walked over and picked up Pom-Pom.
"W-what are you doing, pa!?" Pom-Pom was startled.
Nero went back to his seat, reached out and rubbed Pom-Pom's belly, then took a deep breath in Pom-Pom's fur and said, "Anyway, you've already finished your work. What's wrong with letting me hold you for a while?
"And when you were watering the flowers just now, you dropped another sixteen strands of fur. If you keep walking around, we'll have to clean the carriage again soon, right?"
"Y-you, what are you talking about!?" Pom-Pom was a little annoyed, while constantly slapping Nero's hand. "You're not allowed to talk about the conductor shedding fur, pa! That's a forbidden topic on the train!"
Nero pinched Pom-Pom's ears, then turned to look at Tingyun's ears and tail and said, "How about you ask Sister Tingyun for advice on how to carefully take care of fur?"
"Eh?" Pom-Pom blinked twice.
Hearing the conversation, Tingyun put away her phone, turned around, and looked at Pom-Pom. "If the conductor wants to know my way of taking care of fur, it's not like I can't tell you."
Pom-Pom pressed its lips together and wanted to look away.
However, it kept glancing back at Tingyun's smooth and shiny fur on her ears and tail.
"Mm..." Pom-Pom gritted its teeth, lowered its head, but its eyes still could not help drifting toward Tingyun.
"I..." Finally, Pom-Pom spoke, "I want to know..."
Tingyun smiled and was about to speak, when suddenly an excited piece of music came from the side.
Everyone turned to look and found that Stelle was fiddling with the radio.
Soon, some news came out of the radio.
[Female Voice: This is the Interstellar Peace Broadcast. Good evening, viewers.]
[Male Voice: Good evening.]
[Female Voice: The giant hammer of Preservation, Qlipoth, slowly falls. The sound of the hammer echoes through the universe, deafening.]
[Male Voice: The Intelligentsia Guild's School of Stellar Ecology announces: Amber Era 2157 has ended, and 2158 has officially arrived.]
[Female Voice: In the new era, the Interastral Peace Corporation will, as always, devote itself to peaceful coexistence and prosperous trade across the galaxy.]
[Male Voice: The Company will stay true to its original aspiration and remember its founding principle: dedicate everything to the Amber Lord.]
Nero blinked. 'So it was the Company's broadcast.'
So everyone quieted down for the moment and listened carefully.
[Female Voice: Next, let us review the major events that occurred in Amber Era 2157]
[Male Voice: The mysterious phenomenon known as the Stellaron, which first appeared in Era 2147, continues to cause pollution. The Stellaron has blocked the paths between civilizations, causing the worlds once united under the path of the Amber Lord to fall apart.]
[Female Voice: Over the long ten eras, the Interastral Peace Corporation has never given up its vision of reconnecting the worlds.]
[Male Voice: With the strong support of the Intelligentsia Guild, we have initially mastered the technology to bypass Stellaron pollution, and have conducted experiments in one hundred and thirteen star systems, achieving encouraging results.]
[The galaxy is vast and boundless. We are not alone. The Astral Express once ridden by the fallen Aeon of Trailblaze, Akivili, has now set sail again.]
[Female Voice: These young Nameless claim to have inherited Akivili's will. They will reopen the routes between stars and recreate the 'First Prosperity' from nine hundred and ninety eras ago.]
[Male Voice: Here, on behalf of the Interastral Peace Corporation, we extend our most sincere blessings to the Trailblazers of the Astral Express.]
[Female Voice: While the people of the universe suffer deeply from the Stellaron, a newly rising evil organization known as the Stellaron Hunters is causing chaos across the cosmos.]
[Male Voice: As previously reported, the Stellaron Hunters invaded the planet of Screwllum of the Genius Society and clashed with its master, Screwllum.]
[Female Voice: According to the latest news, their last known location was the Xianzhou Luofu. The Company's special envoy stationed in the Alliance has sought confirmation from General Jing Yuan of the Luofu, but as of now no official response has been received.]
Hearing news related to the Luofu, Nero blinked.
Beside him, Tingyun's ears also twitched. She looked at the delivery record on her phone with the customer whose online name was Real Name Online, whose avatar was a white lion, and fell into thought...
Although the possibility was small, the probability still existed.
If it really was the General not replying to the Company's envoy, but instead competing for photos here, that would be too...
However, considering some factors, the possibility that the General was deliberately not replying seemed even greater.
And on the radio, the Interastral Peace Corporation's broadcast continued.
[Male Voice: The Stellaron Hunters have committed many major crimes. Any one member has the ability to independently destroy a planet. The Aeon they serve remains unknown. They are classified as extremely dangerous.]
[Female Voice: If you encounter a suspected Stellaron Hunter, please contact the Company immediately and do not alert them. Those who provide valid clues will receive a generous reward.]
[Male Voice: It is known that multiple factions have received invitation letters from the Planet of Festivities, Penacony. It is said that this is the first time the 'Family' of Penacony has publicly sent formal invitations to various factions across the galaxy.]
[Female Voice: The Interastral Peace Corporation is also among the invitees. Diamond, head of the Strategic Investment Department, stated that they will carefully assess the meaning of the Family's move and respond in a positive and friendly manner.]
[Male Voice: We hope that all parties in the galaxy will join hands to protect our beautiful home and resist the invasion of evil forces.]
[Female Voice: The Lord Ravager 'Zephyro' has appeared in the Tia'nua star system. According to the Mourning Actors, that star system has already been destroyed.]
[Male Voice: The Antimatter Legion is wreaking havoc across the entire galaxy. The disasters and destruction caused are countless. The Company asks the public to value the meaning of Preservation.]
[Female Voice: Any planet connected to the synesthesia beacon may request the 'Interstellar Peace Guide' provided by the Architects from the Company free of charge.]
[At the beginning of Amber Era 2158, the Interastral Peace Corporation proudly announces that the famous scholar Madam Herta of the Genius Society has officially promised to form a long-term friendly alliance with the Company.]
[Male Voice: After Member No.22 Aiden and Member No.56 Elias Salas, this will be the third genius of Nous to join hands with the Company to preserve the universe of the Amber Lord]
[Female Voice: Recently, Mr. Jetok, a scholar of the Intelligentsia Guild's School of Stellar Ecology, stated that a strange and powerful cosmic storm energy fluctuation has been detected in the universe.]
[Male Voice: According to monitoring by the Intelligentsia Guild, this sudden and strange cosmic storm stretches over more than 3.8 million light-years, spanning dozens of star systems of various sizes.]
[Female Voice: Planets within the range of the cosmic storm's energy have been affected to varying degrees, with phenomena such as stars extinguishing and planetary orbits shifting. Planets that came into direct contact with the storm were split in two as if cut by a sharp blade.]
[Male Voice: Scholar Jetok believes that this strange cosmic storm is a cosmic sign symbolizing the birth of a new Aeon. There is currently no solid evidence to confirm this conclusion.]
[Female Voice: Regarding Scholar Jetok's claim, we have invited his colleague from the Intelligentsia Guild, Professor Veritas Ratio, to explain.]
"..."
[Male Voice: Professor Ratio?]
[Veritas Ratio: What? What kind of comment do you still expect me to make? Use your own brains. Can you really not figure it out?]
[Female Voice: Um... Professor Ratio... we are... currently live... um...]
[Male Voice: Please... uh... restrain yourself... a little...]
[Veritas Ratio: (sigh) My comment is simple. Instead of believing Jetok's claim, it would be better to follow the route of the cosmic storm and conduct field investigation.]
[Female Voice: Ahaha... thank you very much, Professor Ratio, for your comment.]
[Male Voice: We hope everyone can also maintain the awareness that 'practice leads to true knowledge,' whether in academic research or daily life.]
[Female Voice: This concludes today's broadcast. Please tune in at the designated time for the next cycle of the Interstellar Peace Broadcast. Goodbye.]
[Male Voice: Goodbye.]
With another piece of music, the broadcast ended.
Tingyun touched her chin and said, "A cosmic storm... speaking of which, on the way here, our merchant fleet was also affected."
"For a period of time, none of the communication devices on the merchant ships could be used, and the operating systems had some minor malfunctions. Fortunately, the final result was safe."
Nero held Pom-Pom and buried half of his face in Pom-Pom's fur.
He thought, 'A cosmic storm... it sounds pretty scary. The planets that collided with it head-on were all split in two... Could it... not have been done by me, right?'
'After all, sword energy flying that far sounds too ridiculous. Even though I used the power shared by Aha and Lan... mm... it definitely wasn't because of me'