allonlinenovel Chapter 293 That wretched Star Train, do not depart!
Chapter 293 That wretched Star Train, do not depart!
The incident involving the demonic sword has ended, and afterwards, the three generals of the Immortal Ship gathered at the Divine Strategy Mansion to review the matter.
Given the gravity of the matter, Jing Yuan dismissed all the Yunqi Army guards and even Qingzu from the Shence Mansion, leaving only three generals present. In any case, the three generals were highly skilled in martial arts and were not afraid that the enemy would take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on the Shence Mansion.
“Star God…” Jing Yuan said meaningfully, “Is Elder Yan really telling the truth?”
“Of course it is true.” Huai Yan stroked his beard. “I personally heard that pure knight call Miss Alicia my goddess, and he immediately admitted that she was the figure that pure knights had been searching for all their lives. Miss Alicia did not refute this.”
Given the character of the Pure Knights and the code of chivalry they uphold, it's highly unlikely they would lie about such an important matter. Therefore, Miss Alicia is most likely the Pure Star Goddess Idrila herself.
"But here's the problem: Feixiao, do you remember when we fought side by side with that lady in Pinocchio?"
“Of course I remember.” Fei Xiao nodded. “Back then, I remember that her strength was at most that of a Fate Walker. Although her strength once surpassed that of an ordinary Commander during the final battle, it quickly dropped below the level of a Fate Walker afterward.”
"And that's the key point."
"You mean that her strength suddenly surged to surpass that of an ordinary Commander before declining?"
“That’s right. If the knight wasn’t lying, it’s very likely that she lost her power for some reason, and that time was just a fleeting moment of glory.”
"What's the league's response?"
"The Marshal only has one sentence: everything remains the same," Huaiyan said.
After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, Jing Yuan said, "Since the Marshal has said so, then we don't need to say anything more. Let's continue as usual. I hope you two can keep what we said today to yourselves and not tell anyone else. As for the Star Train, I think they have their own way of handling it."
Meanwhile, inside the train, all the train crew members, including the Hyperion, gathered in the observation car.
This was a rare gathering of all personnel from both sides, as the matter to be discussed was of great importance, even alarming the Black Tower, which surprisingly used its true form to enter the Starry Sky Train.
"Hmm, so this is a Star God? He seems no different from us mortals."
Black Tower stared at Alicia with curiosity, his burning gaze fixed on her as if he wanted to burn her through.
"Although I hate to admit it, I can indeed be considered a Star God." As she spoke, Alicia suddenly moved closer to Black Tower and grabbed his hand.
"However, I prefer you to call me Alicia rather than Star Goddess. Please don't mistake me for Idrila, or I'll be very troubled."
After saying that, Alicia looked troubled again, but then excitedly started sticking close to Black Tower, completely ignoring the reactions of everyone else present.
Alicia's companions were already used to this, after all, Alicia was just that kind of person. She was always enthusiastic about people she was interested in, but if she wasn't interested, it would be very difficult to even meet her.
And in everyone’s eyes, the only criterion for judgment is appearance, since all those who have established a friendly relationship with Alicia are handsome men and beautiful women.
However, compared to the others' complacency, the Black Tower, as the subject being treated so warmly, felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Because Alicia was being too enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that even the genius Black Tower found it difficult to adapt for a while.
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
So Black Tower coughed, trying to steer the conversation back to the topic of the Star God, but Alicia cleverly avoided it, failing to extract any secrets about the Star God from her.
Seeing this, Black Tower understood what the other party meant, so Black Tower, who quickly lost interest, simply added Pure Beauty, whose destiny he had not originally intended to study, to the simulated universe and then stopped asking about it.
After Alicia's explanation, everyone roughly understood the truth behind the disappearance of the Pure Beauty Star Goddess. However, the truth was so terrifying that everyone unanimously decided not to reveal it.
After all, who could have imagined that their universe had actually been destroyed several times, and that it was due to the unique Honkai in Kiana's universe?
Or rather, the original concept of Honkai was actually from the Honkai Impact universe, but because of Idrila's sacrifice, it was transferred to the world of Honkai Impact 3 by a certain being and exists in the form of the Cocoon of the End.
After learning the truth and a corner of the universe's long-buried history, the Black Tower fell silent. However, she quickly came to terms with it, since she was more interested in everything about the Star Gods than in the destruction and reconstruction of the universe.
So what if the universe was destroyed compared to the Star Gods? Aren't those all things of the past? And weren't they still resolved by the Star Gods working together?
And in other words, doesn't this mean that the power of the Star God can even transcend the universe?
Black Tower felt her brain trembling; she once again experienced the gap between humans and star gods. This also raised another question: to what extent had Kiana's power grown?
It is known that the power of the Cocoon of the End originally came from the combination of the power of the Pure Destiny and the power of the embodiment of the concept of Honkai, while Alicia is the reincarnation of the fragment of Idrila's consciousness.
While it cannot be directly proven that this will reduce the power of the Cocoon of the End, it certainly weakens the power of the Cocoon of the End to some extent.
However, compared to the power Kiana displayed when they first met, the Black Tower can no longer be certain that Kiana is simply a Commander-level being.
Since she fully merged with the Cocoon of the End, her existence seems to have been elevated, seemingly becoming equal to or even above the Star God.
If that's the case, then there are probably two Star God-level beings on the Hyperion.
Thinking of this, Black Tower's body trembled involuntarily, not out of fear but out of excitement.
She's becoming increasingly interested in Kiana and Alicia.
However, considering the power gap between himself and them, Black Tower suppressed some of his less-than-ideal thoughts.
No, at least Alicia's existence allows her to forcefully conduct research on her. However, this will undoubtedly put her at odds with the people on the Hyperion.
Although Kiana, as a Commander, is not afraid of the Black Tower's hostility, perhaps due to the special relationship between the Herrscher and the Herrscher of the End, Mei, Bronya, and others have also reached the Commander level.
It's fine if it's one-on-one, but what if it's a group fight?
Therefore, Black Tower still didn't intend to use any forceful methods. In any case, based on her understanding of Hyperion, she knew that as long as she asked a few questions, the other party would definitely be happy to help her research, so there was no need to antagonize the other party.
The meeting finally ended after everyone promised, at Alicia's insistence, that they would never tell anyone.
Of course, Alicia was still cautious this time, and had Silverbranch make a promise based on the code of chivalry, guaranteeing that Alicia's identity as the Pure Star Goddess would not be revealed casually without Alicia's consent.
After that, everyone returned to their daily routines. Although everything on the immortal ship remained the same, Jing Yuan had secretly completed the work of strengthening the defenses.
Even on the day of the martial arts ceremony, everyone in the venue, including the audience, had been replaced by the Cloud Cavalry, and now they were just waiting for Hu Lei to walk into their trap.
However, the day of the martial arts ceremony has not yet arrived. In the past few days, Hu Lei has realized that it is only a matter of time before he is captured. Therefore, he has begun to secretly plan how to sabotage the martial arts ceremony, even though he knows that it may be a trap.
Because he heard an interesting piece of information from Lu Jun: the Heavenly Strike General of the Yaoqing Immortal Ship was actually a fox-person with Moon Madness.
Bu Liren, who had fought against Fei Xiao at first, also did not believe it until he witnessed Fei Xiao's Yue Kuang attack during a battle, and then he completely believed the fact.
Without a doubt, it must be that Fei Xiao's bloodline underwent a certain degree of atavism, which allowed Fei Xiao, who had long lost the Moon Madness fox spirit, to regain the Moon Madness state that was unique to Bu Liren.
Moreover, according to Lu Jun and the others, that Fei Xiao was extremely powerful and even caught the eye of that demon bow, successfully becoming its messenger.
If she becomes Bu Liren's next leader...
Thinking of this, Hu Lei excitedly bared his fangs. He turned to look at the fox-people who had been captured and pounced on them without saying a word.
The fangs in its mouth pierced the other's neck in the next second. After Hu Lei injected it with an unknown blood, the fox-man transformed into a Bu Liren in the horrified gaze of the other fox-men.
After doing all this, Hu Lei turned his gaze to the other fox-people who had been captured, a cruel sneer appearing on his lips.
Days passed by, and the day of the martial arts ceremony drew ever closer.
March 7th's swordsmanship has become increasingly refined, and today marks the final day of her duel with Scott, fulfilling their bet.
"Miss March, I have a method that will guarantee your victory. What do you think?"
The one speaking was Jiaoqiu, who had come to visit. Ever since the captain saved him last time, he had started to help March 7 take care of his health in order to repay the captain's life-saving grace.
After all, it takes a lot of effort to master a skill in just fifteen days.
Li Sushang could only prevent San Yueqi from being injured by his own sword moves while practicing. However, the fatigue and hidden injuries caused by the basic training arranged by Yan Qing and Yun Li were beyond her control.
Jiaoqiu came to make up for this. Every year after a day of sword practice on the seventh day of the third lunar month, Jiaoqiu would present a sumptuous medicinal meal to help regulate the body, and supplement it with a medicinal bath to help the body recover quickly and ensure that it would be full of energy the next day.
Although March 7th has made some progress, Li Sushang and others believe that it is still not enough to defeat the company's mechs.
So Jiaoqiu suggested to March 7th, "Then use my medicinal diet. As long as you drink this specially prepared medicinal diet, I guarantee that the opponent will lose the will to fight."
Although it is unknown what Jiaoqiu added to this medicinal diet, March 7th had a feeling that it must be related to laxatives.
After all, the only thing March 7 could think of that would work quickly without harming the opponent was to administer a laxative. Unfortunately, March 7 wanted to defeat his opponent head-on, so he rejected Jiao Qiu's suggestion.
But Jiaoqiu told her it was too late. The medicinal meal he had was just ordinary medicinal meal for Sanyueqi to replenish his strength, while the real medicinal meal with special ingredients had already been delivered to him by Moze.
I'm afraid the other party has already drunk that medicinal food.
In response, March 7 could only silently wish Scott well in his heart, and after receiving the medicinal food from Jiaoqiu, he resolutely stepped onto the battlefield.
In the ensuing duel, everything proceeded as Jiaoqiu had predicted. Although March 7th managed to fight his opponent to a draw, he even gained a slight advantage.
But ultimately, outnumbered, they would be worn down by Scott's sheer numbers sooner or later. After all, this was one of the ways the company used its mechs, and the other party had already explained this beforehand. On March 7th, he impulsively agreed.
However, this gave Jiaoqiu's plan room to work, and as time went by, the effects of the medicine Jiaoqiu had given were beginning to show.
Every employee in the company started to feel unwell in their stomachs, as if a mysterious force was trying to burst out from the Dongting Lake behind them.
Many employees couldn't bear it any longer and chose to desert, leaving only Scott to persevere.
Towards the end, the opponent even became delirious and started talking nonsense. In the end, March 7th won the duel.
Scott was lying on the ground, looking utterly hopeless. March 7 wanted to help him up, but then instinctively took a step back, thinking about his current state.
Scott immediately understood what was going on when he saw March 7's reaction, or rather, he had already sensed it during the duel.
Given his reputation in Jinren Alley, how could anyone genuinely want to help him?
"March 7th, I have to admit you're despicable right now."
“Um…” March 7th was speechless. “Why don’t you go take care of it first? Don’t hold it in and ruin your health.”
“It’s no longer necessary.” Scott’s tired yet relieved tone made March 7’s guilt surge again. “It’s too late.”
Realizing the meaning behind those words, March 7th couldn't hold back any longer, and the look of disgust on her face was palpable.
The bet ended in this way, with Scott honoring his bet despite being physically exhausted.
In the end, company personnel carried him back on a stretcher. With that, all the troubles were resolved, and now it was time to face Hu Lei head-on.
The day of the Martial Arts Ceremony arrived, and on March 7th, Yun Li and her companions traveled by starship to the ceremony site to begin their final preparations.