Seeing Little March obediently seated in her spot, Navigator Himeko nodded in satisfaction, her face once again showing that amiable smile.
The words just now were all true from Himeko.
The Astral Express possesses the blessings and power of the Aeon of Trailblaze, theoretically allowing it to warp freely in cosmic space.
Of course, there's a prerequisite: sufficient energy.
During the warp process, to shorten the distance between departure and destination, the entire train's space enters a state akin to two-dimensional collapse.
In this state, people are like unsupported paper figures, unable to control themselves, and once they fall, during the remaining warp time, you'll roll around on the floor like a washing machine drum.
Capturing the info through cameras and seeing Little March seated obediently, Pom-Pom in the conductor's room nodded contentedly, then placed his fluffy little paw on the warp activation lever.
"Warp countdown!"
"Ten, nine... six... two, one, warp begins!"
With the fall of the final count, Pom-Pom forcefully pushed the warp lever in his hand. In an instant, vast Trailblaze Path power enveloped the entire Astral Express.
'Hum...!'
As the Trailblaze power took effect, the entire Astral Express entered phase shuttle state, the train body becoming nearly transparent.
'Whoosh—!'
Like a sword slashing through the long night, the Astral Express's body flickered with light and vanished like mist and rain in this cosmos.
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Let us shift our gaze back to Welt. At this moment, this leader of Anti-Entropy from the Honkai world was staring gravely at the black sun before him.
Just now, Welt had unleashed his full power using Path energy toward the black sun.
However, compared to the Nihility Realm's Path energy, the portion Welt could wield was but a drop in the ocean.
It was like a single grain of sand accidentally left behind when assembling an hourglass—unremarkable and meaningless.
'Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...!'
One after another, Welt cast his battle technique Void Break, launching attacks at the black sun before him.
Yet no matter how hard he tried or how he thought, in the end, it had no effect whatsoever.
"It seems I should change my approach. Simply using offensive means doesn't seem to help with leaving here."
Welt muttered to himself, his brain racing, his eyes rapidly scanning everything in his field of view, not missing any potentially useful information.
But at that moment...
'Tap tap tap...'
The sound of high heels colliding and frictioning with the ground entered Welt's ears. In this silent Nihility Realm, it stood out like fireflies in the night.
Hearing the sound, Welt alertly turned around, slightly narrowing his eyes.
There, not far away, a white-haired woman had appeared in this Nihility Realm at some point—a place that should have no living beings.
The white-haired woman was dressed in summery light attire, her entire body as tender and snow-white as natural mutton-fat jade.
In addition, at the white-haired woman's waist, a blood-red long sword with a scabbard over four feet long was menacingly sheathed there, as if ready at any moment to draw and sweep away all obstacles.
'Tap tap tap...!'
The footsteps drew nearer, the white-haired woman continuing to approach Welt. During this time, Old Yang remained in a state of high alert.
At this moment, the Eden Star in Old Yang's hand had already entered combat readiness per Welt's command, ready to unleash a surprise attack at any order.
"Daring to wield the power of Nihility against Nihility itself—you're the first to do so."
Finally, the white-haired woman came before Welt, lifted her head, and gazed at this person who dared to strike at Nihility, sighing slightly.
"May I ask who you are?"
Welt had not let down his guard. While the white-haired woman sized him up, he was also sizing her up.
For some reason, he always felt that the woman before him looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere—as if she were... Raiden Mei!
Welt realized—yes, exactly!
The person before him and Raiden Mei seemed carved from the same mold. Perhaps because the other had changed hair color, and coupled with not having seen that Herrscher of Origin for a long time, he hadn't recognized her at first.
"My name is Acheron."
Four words, a very simple answer, without any embellishment.
After hearing Welt's question, Acheron did not conceal it and calmly told him her name.
"Acheron? I am Welt, a Nameless."
Chewing over the word 'Acheron' repeatedly, Welt likewise did not conceal and informed the other of his identity—not only because the person before him resembled Raiden Mei so closely, but also because of her calm, wind-like demeanor.
"Nameless? I know of you."
Acheron nodded faintly, appearing unsurprised. In fact, the woman was slightly astonished, but she was naturally one who 'shows no emotion on her face,' not skilled at expressing feelings.
As Acheron's words fell, the atmosphere on site seemed to fall into awkwardness. That single 'I know of you' seemed to stalemate the conversation.
"Ahem, dare I ask, Miss Acheron, do you have a way to leave this Nihility Realm?"
Clearing his throat, Welt broke the deadlock first, his expression turning serious as he sought help from this woman who appeared much younger than himself.
"A way to leave the Nihility Realm...?"
Acheron fell silent. Welt's question left our Miss Acheron slightly stunned. After a while, just as Welt thought the other didn't know a way to leave either, Acheron spoke.
"The way to leave here... isn't it just to want to leave and then leave?"
Welt: '...???'