The young and beautiful navigator of the Astral Express, and the charming and alluring career woman Kafka.
A great battle of "two moms fighting" thus began.
Players called it pleasing to the eyes.
Most people on the train did not have a good attitude toward Kafka. It could be said they were rather tough.
Among them, March showed it the most obviously, Himeko was second, but she had more of an adult's steadiness than March.
The most rational one should be Mr. Yang. Stelle did not speak. Now was not the time to "catch up" with Kafka.
As for Dan Heng, he had not come over yet.
The vague memories belonging to Dan Feng flashed from time to time... Dan Heng felt that the things he was avoiding were getting closer and closer to him.
That being said, when Kafka mentioned the Luofu, everyone on the train turned serious.
Especially before Kafka mentioned the forty-five systems and that a Stellaron had erupted on the Luofu, visible worry could already be seen on the faces of the three little ones.
Although Nero was very strong, that did not conflict with caring about a friend.
Of course, the reactions of the crowd did not escape Kafka's eyes. She was very satisfied with the current situation.
From the result of the last contact, Elio still had no way to make a clear judgment about Nero as a person.
But from the previous result, it could be seen that this person was a kind person and did not like to act according to rules.
The principles he followed were written by himself, and he could tear them up whenever he wanted.
However, judging from the current development of the situation, his existence did not seem to cause too much change to the overall future they were trying to guide.
And from the result of the current conversation with the Astral Express, Nero's existence actually counted as helping their actions.
But...
Kafka still felt something was strange.
She could confirm that Nero was very strong. She could also confirm that on the day they met, he was not affected by her Spirit Whisper.
She could confirm his personality of doing whatever came to mind. Yet she could not figure out what he actually wanted to do.
In the past, in the script arranged by Elio, they always acted one step ahead.
But in the last contact, Nero gave her an illusion that he knew all of their actions.
Whether it was capturing her and Blade while ignoring Sam, or childishly going straight to the Luofu's General to ask for money, at first glance there seemed to be nothing wrong.
A young genius being confident and acting as he pleased. But if you thought carefully, it was not impossible that he was deliberately making way for their plan.
Even Elio said in later communication that he felt his script was merely wrapped inside another script...
Of course, Kafka could not figure it out, nor could she understand the appearance of something like the "Fourth Calamity." After all, for them, the Honkai Star Rail universe was not a game but real reality.
However, as an excellent Stellaron Hunter, she quickly cast aside her stray thoughts and acted according to the plan.
She said what needed to be said, then left directly.
The Astral Express would make the judgment they wanted.
Whether out of the kindness of the Nameless, or out of personal feelings for a friend, whether to change course did not seem to be a question that required much thought.
After Dan Heng came out, the crew of the train voted on whether to go to the Luofu. Without exception, everyone chose to go to the Luofu.
However, considering his own special reasons, Dan Heng did not plan to go.
Although Dan Heng and Dan Feng were not the same person, and their appearances had changed to a certain degree, the two were still deeply entangled.
How could an exiled sinner step onto that land again?
Moreover, even if he himself believed that Dan Heng was not Dan Feng, not everyone thought so.
If he were recognized and then got involved with the Stellaron matter, he would instead drag down the crew of the train and also create considerable obstacles to confirming Nero's safety.
It was not that Dan Heng was unwilling to get off the train to confirm Nero's safety. But after thinking carefully in his mind, he came to the conclusion that not getting off the train would instead make this operation go more smoothly.
Besides confirming Nero's safety, everyone also wanted to help the Luofu and at the same time figure out the purpose of the Stellaron Hunters. There were many things to do, and the stay would not be too short.
Although he did not explain the reasons in detail, everyone understood Dan Heng. Since he made this decision, there must be his own considerations.
So no one said much.
In short, this time the ones getting off the train were missing Nero and Dan Heng, but Mr. Yang was added. It was the same as the original plot.
After some effort, Mr. Yang and the other two successfully boarded the Xianzhou. However, the situation on the Xianzhou did not look optimistic.
At the same time, they conveniently rescued "Tingyun," whom they had not seen for a long time.
Because Jing Yuan was preparing to cast a long line to catch a big fish and deal with both internal and external troubles on the Luofu in one go, this Lord Ravager who did not know she had been discovered had not yet been dealt with.
And because of Nero's earlier report, many of the problems that troubled Jing Yuan in the original plot had already been solved.
Jing Yuan had long considered what might happen next and made corresponding arrangements.
This Stellaron disaster looked quite terrifying, but in fact, under Jing Yuan's dispatch, the number of people affected and implicated was actually quite small.
Because of this, not many people fell into mara under the influence of the Stellaron ahead of time. But it was not a big problem.
There were plenty of criminals in the Shackling Prison. Keeping them served no use. It was time for them to come out and act as D-class personnel.
In other words, from the current situation, Phantylia, that is, "Tingyun," believed that her plan was running normally. She was like the commander in that chess game.
And Jing Yuan was not on the chessboard. He was the one playing chess.
Compared to others, Jing Yuan was very flexible in using strategies.
If you used a chess game as a metaphor, then when the two armies faced each other, Jing Yuan could not only move his own pieces but also move the opponent's pieces.
After moving the opponent's pieces, he could even take out some other pieces himself.
For example, yours is a white horse, and mine is the Eight-Section Heavenly Dragon or something like that.
This is called a surprise force.
Of course, if he got tired of playing chess, he could just flip the chessboard.
In short, from the current situation, everyone who held a purpose in their hearts was very happy.
The Stellaron Hunters were very happy. Phantylia was very happy. Jing Yuan was also very happy. Everyone had a bright future.
Here, after rescuing "Tingyun," under the lead of this Lord Ravager, Mr. Yang and the other two took a starskiff to the Central Starskiff Haven, and then went straight to the Sky-Faring Commission's headquarters, the Divination Commission's Seat of Divine Foresight.
Since they came to help, of course they had to meet the person in charge.
Unfortunately, the conversation after meeting did not go smoothly.
Although because of Nero's existence, Yukong's tone in this conversation was not strong toward the train crew, her attitude was still firm.
On the issue of the Stellaron disaster, she refused the help of the Astral Express. This was the Xianzhou's own problem, and the Xianzhou would solve it themselves.
At the same time, before the problem was resolved, the train crew who came to help without clear reason also needed to stay on the Xianzhou for a period of time.
After all, the Xianzhou was currently arresting the Stellaron Hunters, and the members of the train crew could not easily say that they came here precisely because of the Stellaron Hunters.
But it was not a big problem. Anyway, they still had to find Nero. Staying for a few days was fine.
And Yukong's tone was actually quite good, so the three from the train did not have much dissatisfaction with her. They just felt they had run over for nothing and still had a bit of a gap in expectations.
One thing that needs to be mentioned here is that because "Tingyun" was also a member of the Sky-Faring Commission, Yukong did not know about Jing Yuan's current plan.
At present, the few people who knew Jing Yuan's plan, besides himself, were Fu Xuan, Nero, Yanqing, and Tingyun, who was now guiding work on Jarilo-VI. Nero told her to come back later.
Fu Xuan needed to oversee the overall situation. Tingyun honestly carried out orders while also making use of her strengths in doing business.
As for Nero and Yanqing, these two boys had already been secretly holding back for a long time.
The two little ones had long made an agreement. When Jing Yuan decided to close the net, they would go over first and give "Tingyun" a kick.