"There's no one here."
After Takatsuki and Seele got off the train, they finally arrived at the Xianzhou Luofu, but unlike what they had expected, there was no one in the port after getting off the train.
"Takatsuki, let's send a message to Sister March and the others first and ask."
Seele took out her terminal and operated it.
"That's strange. All the other functions work, so why can't I send messages?"
Seele looked at her phone strangely.
"Perhaps it's because of the Stellaron."
Takatsuki also sent some messages, and like Seele, they all failed to send without exception. He had no choice but to put away his terminal.
"It seems we'll have to find our own way out."
Takatsuki surveyed the surrounding scenery. There were no road signs, but there were some billboards.
"Cycrane… Service Mechanoids? Is the technology here that advanced?"
Oh, no, Takatsuki remembered that in Belobog, the technology was also strangely disjointed, with a lot of intelligent robots, but the people's quality of life was not high. Not to mention the people below, even the administrative district had a living standard only on par with Honkai Impact 3rd.
After walking for a while, Takatsuki roughly guessed what the advertisement at the port was.
"Takatsuki, what's that bird-like thing?"
Seele also saw a bird-like robot stopped on a stand by the roadside.
"This should be the Cycrane advertisement we saw earlier. It's probably a robot used on this planet for delivering packages."
The two curiously approached the Cycrane.
"Do you have anything you need to send?"
As soon as they got closer, the Cycrane suddenly spoke.
"It spoke!"
"Indeed, and it seems to have high intelligence?"
The two looked at the Cycrane in front of them in surprise.
"Of course, Cycranes can talk, otherwise, how would they deliver packages? So, do you need to send a package?"
The Cycrane replied calmly.
Takatsuki: "How do I send a package? How much does it cost?"
Cycrane: "Fees are calculated based on the type, weight, and transport distance of the package. Cycranes only accept credit points for payment and do not support physical currency."
"Credit points."
"Takatsuki, those are the electronic currency issued by the Company. Sister Himeko transferred some credit points to our terminals."
Seele held up her terminal, showing Takatsuki that she had 100,000 credit points on it, which seemed to be given by Himeko.
It was strange; although messages couldn't be sent, other functions, such as payment, worked normally. Takatsuki also saw that his own terminal had 100,000 credit points.
"For receiving, can I just use a person's name?"
Although packages in Takatsuki's memory were all addressed, perhaps this Cycrane had some black technology.
"No, Cycranes only accept place names and addresses."
It seemed impossible. They couldn't rely on the Cycrane to find the three members of the Astral Express crew.
"I see, then never mind. But I wanted to ask, where is this place? Why is there no one around?"
Although this wasn't a question one should ask a robot, the Cycrane in front of them was clearly not a rigid robot; it could even be treated as a service staff member.
"This is Cloudford. I don't know what happened. If you are looking for someone, you can try walking in that direction. That is Jiyu Lane, where there should be staff to connect with, and it's also a resting place for merchants. If there's still no one, then walk south. There's the Cloudford Starskiff Boarding Area there, where you can take a Starskiff to leave."
"Thank you, Mr. Cycrane."
Although it was just a robot, Seele politely thanked the Cycrane for giving them directions.
"You're welcome."
The Cycrane continued to squat on its stand, like a soldier on guard, while Takatsuki and Seele walked in the direction it indicated.
"Takatsuki, the robots here are so amazing. Can robots really do all this?"
"Hmm, it would probably be difficult in our world, but yes, they can."
It's just not as widespread.
Takatsuki thought of several famous artificial intelligences in the Honkai Impact 3rd world, which were far more exaggerated than this Cycrane.
"Takatsuki, is that a person up ahead?"
While Takatsuki was still pondering whether the technology of this world was worth bringing back as a specialty, Seele's voice brought his attention back.
"It seems so..."
Takatsuki noticed the person lying on the ground ahead: "He seems to be alive."
"Ah, then let's quickly go help him."
"Okay, let's go take a look. I hope it's not like Peak again."
Takatsuki's words made Seele smile awkwardly. After all, sleeping by the roadside, no matter how you think about it, isn't normal.
As the two approached, they found that the person lying on the ground was wearing full armor. Strangely, his armor was covered with plant-like growths.
"Takatsuki, are these... flowers?"
Looking at the marks on this humanoid creature's body, there were branches and leaf-like structures resembling flowers, but Seele felt a chill, yet she could also sense abundant vitality from them.
"It looks that way. I'll confirm first."
Looking at the bizarre humanoid in front of him, Takatsuki silently switched his character card. His current system level allowed him to equip two S-rank character cards. After directly equipping two newly drawn psychic character cards, Takatsuki looked at the humanoid creature lying on the ground.
"What are you?"
As Takatsuki spoke, Seele, who was beside him, looked over curiously: "Takatsuki, who are you talking to?"
Talking to plants sounds cool, but in reality, to an outsider, it's as inexplicable as two people having a Stand battle.
Under Seele's curious gaze, Takatsuki nodded: "I understand."
"Seele."
After finishing his conversation with the plants, Takatsuki looked at Seele.
"Try using your Gold Experience ability to inject energy into this person."
"Ah? Okay, Takatsuki."
Seeing Seele squat down and use her ability, Takatsuki explained: "I just talked to the plants on this person. They are a type of 'Blessing of Abundance,' something that appears on people who have been blessed. The power of Abundance fills the blessed person with almost immortal vitality. This vitality continuously accumulates, then places a heavy burden on their spirit. Seele, after you use your ability, come stand behind me."
As Seele moved her hands, the person lying on the ground seemed to regain some consciousness.
"Ugh... ah... what is this...?"
Seeing him regain consciousness, Seele obediently listened to Takatsuki and hid behind him.
"Are you alright? How do you feel?"
The person on the ground instinctively covered his head with his hand: "I'm... fine. What happened to me...?"