Siberian Duck follows the mission.
First she got off the vehicle to rescue Tingyun, then she made contact with Jing Yuan.
After that she planned to contact Dan Heng but there was no signal, so she followed Dan Heng's route instead.
After Dan Heng got off, he ran into Luocha and Sushang.
When Dan Heng's side temporarily came to an end, the perspective returned to the original group of Mr. Yang, Stelle, and March.
A new day begins with being ordered around by the Luofu General.
After receiving the mission, under Tingyun's guidance, Siberian Duck controlled the character and arrived at Exalting Sanctum, heading toward the square.
As soon as she entered the square gate, Siberian Duck looked around once and then caught sight of a white-haired figure among the crowd.
"Look! Nero! We finally meet again, little Fishy!"
[Dan-heart Eternal: Not just Nero, you can also see Yanqing next to the small table on the right.]
[Madam Herta Fans Support Club: Qingque is also beside Nero, and there's another girl character, looks like a foxian too.]
"Looking carefully, they all seem to be the characters from the photo Nero sent!"
The mission trigger point was right in front of her, but Siberian Duck didn't hurry over. Instead she opened the menu, entered the messages, and started looking through the chat history in the group chat called "Astral Express Family."
She quickly flipped to the message she wanted.
It was a text where Nero said he was very happy eating with friends, along with a photo.
"Look at this photo!"
While speaking, Siberian Duck began using the mouse to draw circles on the picture.
This photo was taken when they were eating together, the five little ones gathered for a picture, so all the characters could be seen at a glance.
Siberian Duck's mouse pointer first landed on Nero's avatar.
"First, right in the center position, surrounded by everyone like stars around the moon, is our Nero! That one is very easy to recognize!"
In the photo, Nero was half leaning on the table, smiling very happily.
Then Siberian Duck moved the pointer to the back.
"The one behind on the left pressing on Nero and slacking off is Qingque! This one on the right is Bailu, and the one on the far right is Yanqing."
Finally, Siberian Duck placed the pointer on Huohuo at the far left: "This kid who looks timid and a bit introverted should be the unfamiliar character we just saw."
After saying that, Siberian Duck closed the chat record and said in a proud, relieved, and touched tone: "It's really great that the kid made other friends besides us!"
[Wind-Boy Solo-Stan: The streamer's way of expressing things is too dramatic. If you keep acting crazy like this, I'm going to join you!]
[Knight of Pure Beauty: You don't understand. The streamer has put herself into the perspective of a mother.]
[Nero Is My Husband: As expected of the Knight of Pure Beauty, you really know how to speak. Hehehe… you all keep looking at Nero from this perspective, that way no one will compete with me!]
[The Bald One: Nero Knights, charge! Forever guard Nero, take down Yellow Pee Bro!]
[Knight of Pure Beauty: With the guild leader personally taking action, even if Yellow Pee Bro has three heads and six arms, he'll still have to surrender.]
[Nero Is My Husband: Hey, just now I even heard knocking at the door, it couldn't be smaofiasnfpq]
[Glue Man: If I guessed correctly, Yellow Pee Bro got caught, right?]
[I Use Pantene: So four of the five little ones are here, what is Bailu doing? Also, could the helper Jing Yuan mentioned be Nero and the five little ones?]
"The character models are all placed here, so it's probably those five little ones. I didn't see Bailu around here, if I continue the mission I should be able to see her."
While saying that, Siberian Duck controlled the character again and walked two steps forward. After reaching the cursor position, a cutscene was triggered.
The camera zoomed in, arriving beside some medical officers from the Alchemy Commission.
Then it focused on the Cloud Knights lying on stretchers.
Suddenly one of the Cloud Knights struggled up, and some vast and powerful energy suddenly burst out from his body.
The Cloud Knight held his head with both hands, fingers digging into the helmet, letting out painful groans.
Plant-like tissue drilled out from his body. As the energy spread, rustling yellow leaves stretched out and climbed onto the Cloud Knight's body.
Finally, with a roar from the Cloud Knight, his body completely transformed. No intelligent eyes could be seen through the helmet visor. Bones fused with branches, forming weapons connected to his body.
The surrounding people were all frightened and shouted as they ran away.
The medical officers from the Alchemy Commission quickly retreated as well. After falling into mara-struck form, their comrades had no rationality left, and most of them lacked the strength to fight against them.
At this critical moment, everyone suddenly heard a girl's clear voice like a bell beside their ears: "Everyone step back!"
Following the sound, they saw a Vidyadhara girl with dragon horns and a dragon tail running quickly toward them, then suddenly leaping up.
The girl twisted her body in midair. Blue-purple lightning wrapped around her tail as she whipped it toward the rampaging mara-struck soldier.
Lightning flashed, thunder roared, the dragon tail spun, stirring the cloud court.
Pa!
With a loud sound, the mara-struck soldier collapsed to the ground.
The medicine-holding dragon girl turned gracefully, landed safely, and then handed a gourd to the medical officers of the Alchemy Commission behind her.
"Quick, feed him this medicine and make her lie down properly!"
But just as Bailu finished speaking, another even stronger wave of energy swept across. The Alchemy Commission officers and the bystanders were shocked and stepped back.
Bailu realized something was wrong and turned to look. The expression on her little face stiffened.
Most of the Cloud Knights who had been lying here earlier had fallen into mara-struck form, and now they were staring fiercely toward this side.
"Umm…"
Bailu stepped back a few steps, looking a little panicked.
Since childhood she had studied medicine and practiced healing at the Alchemy Commission, so fighting was naturally not her strong point.
If she launched a sudden attack or fought three or four enemies head-on it wouldn't be a problem, but she had never studied martial arts techniques.
With the body of this young dragon, there was nothing she could do against more enemies.
However…
Even though she couldn't defeat these mara-struck soldiers herself, her friends could.
Bailu lightly jumped backward, a sly look appearing on her face.
The few mara-struck soldiers at the front shook their bodies and suddenly rushed forward. The branch-like blades growing from their forearms stabbed toward Bailu's face.
The next moment, however, sharp light passed through the gap and a sword struck the sky.
That flying sword came from somewhere unknown and knocked away the attacking mara-struck soldier.
Yanqing's figure floated forward, holding a book in one hand and a sword in the other. He jumped in front of Bailu and immediately thrust several sword strikes in succession.
Sword light danced, and the mara-struck soldiers could not match his exquisite swordsmanship, being knocked to the ground.
Meanwhile several other mara-struck soldiers rushed toward the surroundings, but two hidden weapons suddenly flew out from somewhere.
With two "dong dong" sounds, they hit the backs of their heads and they also collapsed onto the ground.
Before falling, they only saw that beside the card table, the girl in a green dress sitting on a flying sword showed a confident smile.
On another side, three mara-struck soldiers surrounded Huohuo. The civilians behind her had already run away.
Huohuo's legs trembled non-stop. She was terribly scared, and tears began to gather in her eyes.
Just now when she saw someone about to be caught, her head got hot and she rushed forward. Now even if she wanted to run, she had no way to run.
Before the mara-struck soldiers could attack, Tail shouted "Off you go!" and pushed Huohuo out.
The foxian girl screamed, holding the command flag in her hand and waving it wildly with her eyes closed.
The three mara-struck soldiers stepped forward to attack. They clearly caught an opening, but somehow they crashed into the waving flagpole instead.
They were smacked until they were dizzy, unable to get close, and soon all began "sleeping."
Finally, several other mara-struck soldiers were seen huddling together and running toward a certain direction as if they had seen the King of Hell. Their posture was completely opposite from how they had been chasing people earlier.
Behind them could be seen a long-haired young man. He wore light white robes like a Daoist outfit and walked forward in big strides.
Although his posture looked relaxed, his speed was faster than the running mara-struck soldiers, as if riding the wind, leaving behind an ink-painting-like afterimage.
In the blink of an eye, the young man had already caught up to the mara-struck soldiers. Though his height was not impressive, his movements were agile. He jumped up and gave each of them a slap.
One slap per person, all fell to the ground.
Unlike the mara-struck soldiers who were knocked down earlier, the few who were slapped down by Nero immediately fainted and turned back into Cloud Knight soldiers.
On the part of their helmets protecting their cheeks, a clear handprint had appeared.