"The Stellaron spirit, having achieved a human form, possesses a rough understanding of human nature. Apt at employing cunning schemes, stirring up trouble within the Express; negligent in daily duties, indulging in unrestrained moods in the guest rooms. Tyrannical and devoid of morals, finding joy in heartbreaking torment."
"In the past, Sister Himeko, Uncle Yang, and Pom-Pom were upright and outspoken, known throughout the world. Yet their hearts and bodies were thrown into chaos by provocation, their reputations burden by slander. Naturally, the Express is filled with indignation, and the grievances of the people are heavy; if one person raises their arm, the whole train will share in the hatred."
The pink-haired girl's walking steps carried a hint of a skip, mimicking a revolutionary leader as she raised her arm and shouted aloud.
"The world has suffered under the Star Rail for too long! Today, I, Little March, shall restore order to the universe and sweep clean the cosmos!"
She made an impassioned speech, shouting with fervor.
She vividly pointed out the notorious misdeed of Stelle stealing her panties, listed Caelus's conduct, and exposed the nature of the two: cheating her out of ice cream and milk tea, making her eat Sister Himeko's creative meals, and aiding the wicked.
She called upon all the beautiful girls of the Express to persist in fighting for their own rights!
Having finished speaking, March 7th stood still, turning to look at 'White' Seele and Bronya, who were completely stunned and had fallen into silence.
...
'White' Seele and Little Duck remained silent.
"Sister March, so amazing!"
After a long while, Little 'White' Seele, eyes wide, let out a gasp of admiration. She hadn't expected that Sister March 7th could actually speak such complex sentences in the Xianzhou language.
"But..."
'White' Seele pressed a finger against her lips, her expression becoming a bit puzzled: "Seele feels like she's heard this somewhere before."
Little Duck, using Big Duck's body, revealed a [subtle] expression and reminded her:
"The night before we arrived at the Luofu, in the Party Car."
"Seele remembers now." 'White' Seele tilted her head, recalling, and then suddenly understood.
"This is what Brother Caelus said about Sister Stelle last time."
Basically, she just changed the name in the last sentence.
"Eh? You two have really good memories, to think you still remember that?"
Discovery of intellectual property theft. March 7th put away her imposing manner with a laugh and changed the subject.
"It's Sister March's memory that is good, to actually remember it after hearing it just once."
'White' Seele shook her head, opening her small cherry mouth in considerable surprise; this wasn't the Sister March in her impression.
Little Duck's expression remained unchanged, her eyes moving left and right.
Whether as Silver Wing or herself, her relationship with March 7th was quite good. When Team Star Rail and March played around, Little Duck often secretly cheered for March 7th.
After all, she had to maintain the Silver Wing persona, so she couldn't openly pit herself against Caelus, unless it was in bed...
It wasn't that she didn't want to see her own little sister look at others with adoration, but Little Duck felt that some things had to be realistic.
"March likely recorded that speech on her phone."
Little Duck raised her hand, pointing to the phone March 7th was clutching.
"Oh, so that's how it is."
'White' Seele breathed a sigh of relief; she had thought Sister March had been possessed!
Speaking of possession, it was all blame on Sister Bronya for dragging her to watch a Xianzhou horror-themed phantasmagoria earlier.
'White' Seele was deeply impressed by the scene in the phantasmagoria where ghosts possessed the female lead. Fortunately, there was a parallel world version of herself present, otherwise, she definitely would have jumped into Sister Bronya's arms in fear.
Although Seele did jump in at the end, 'White' Seele could perceive that Seele wasn't actually afraid; 'White' Seele couldn't understand the developments that followed.
Sister Bronya's face had been red, teased into a pout.
"Cough!"
Failure to establish the 'cultured person' persona. March 7th stuffed her phone into her skirt pocket and coughed forcefully.
"Those kinds of things aren't important!"
Being with Team Star Rail for so long, she had grown somewhat as well.
"Bronya, Seele, look alive! Our main objective right now is to catch the tail of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, win this competition, and make Caelus and Stelle execute our orders unconditionally!"
"We must believe in ourselves!"
March 7th clenched her pink fist to pump them up.
"Go team!"
"But, Sister March, we've been wandering around here for a long time."
'White' Seele spoke weakly.
Initially, it was the three-person squad of Seele, Little Duck, and March 7th. After separating from Team Star Rail, they immediately began investigating based on the clues Caelus had previously obtained.
March 7th had shouted, 'This young lady's intelligence and wisdom finally have a place to be used!', eager to give it a try.
As the Silver Wolf of the Urals, Little Duck's investigation skills were quite high. Seele occasionally gave some misleading tips to delay progress, and occasionally pointed out a key clue.
The progress of both sides was entirely under Caelus's control.
This was an open and above-board competition!
That was until Team Star Rail began roleplaying the Black Organization. Seele threw control of the body to 'White' Seele, her mind focused on Caelus's side, controlling Black Abyss White Flower to release the power of creation.
The 'Deep Blue Sea Seven' group also followed the clues to the Alchemy Commission.
Relying on their status as Nameless and the pass Jing Yuan had previously given everyone to capture Kafka, they entered the Alchemy Commission, one of the Six Commissions usually off-limits to ordinary people.
But they weren't familiar with this place at all, and the investigation had nowhere to start.
March 7th suggested walking around to see if there were any suspicious places; the authority of the pass was relatively high, after all.
But after wandering for several system hours, they discovered no oddities.
"No rush, no rush. I've always looked forward to encountering an unsolvable mystery, to properly display my, March 7th's, talent as a master detective."
March 7th stuck out her chest proudly: "I've recently read 'The Case of the Fisherman' thoroughly. I can already be said to be a resounding master of deduction within our Express crew!"
"'The Case of the Fisherman'?"
"Mmhmm, Bronya, you don't know it? It's a hot-selling detective novel on the Luofu."
March 7th raised a finger: "A healer of the Alchemy Commission witnessed two men in black from a mysterious tea-drinking society conducting an illegal potion transaction. He was knocked out by a bat and force-fed a poison."
"That poison had an effect similar to the Vidyadhara's molting rebirth, unexpectedly causing the Fisherman to rejuvenate and turn into a child. From then on, the toddler Fisherman, while tracking down the tea-drinking society, cracked various strange cases."
"Umm, the doctors of the Alchemy Commission all wear white coats, right?"
'White' Seele offered a thoughtful reminder.
March 7th's pretty smile stiffened.
How had she not noticed before that this child was such an airhead?
Bronya sighed. She felt that swapping Stelle and March 7th might actually produce better results.
Both gray-hairs were guys who were usually slacking off but reliable at critical moments.
"Er, cough cough, anyway, under the illumination of my, March 7th's, detective soul, all ghosts and monsters have nowhere to hide. Let me see, let me see..."
March 7th rested her chin on her hand, her gaze gradually becoming sharp, emitting an aura of wisdom as she scanned the internal environment of the Alchemy Commission.
"Umm umm... mmhmm mmhmm... oh oh... so that's how it is..."
Her brows furrowed slightly, she nodded to herself, murmuring softly, wearing an 'I understand everything!' expression.
'White' Seele and Bronya looked at each other. Little Duck asked:
"What have you understood now?"
"Look!"
Maintaining the tone of a famous detective, Little March assumed the pose of the protagonist of 'The Case of the Fisherman' when declaring 'There is only one truth!'.
Little Duck and 'White' Seele's gazes followed the direction March 7th's finger was pointing, seeing a towering tree in a withered state—truly towering in every sense.
"That tree... what about it?"
Having stayed on the Xianzhou for so long, Little Duck had a certain understanding of this place, especially that giant tree visible from everywhere; she had curiously asked about it on her first day.
Later, while playing Mahjong with Qingque and chatting, the other party had explained the story of the Ambrosial Arbor in detail.
"That Ambrosial Arbor branch is the highest thing in the Alchemy Commission; the clues to the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus can definitely be found there!"
Little March's certain deduction left Little Duck with a head full of question marks.
Was there any logical relationship between this evidence and the conclusion?
"Alright, let's go take a look then."
Life is hard; Duck sighs.
They had already been there once, but hadn't gotten close to the Ambrosial Arbor branch because their pass authority wasn't sufficient.
Since they had no leads anyway, wandering around with March didn't matter.
Action followed speech. However, just as the three arrived near the Elixir Research Terrace.
Boom!
A muffled sound suddenly came from beneath the earth, accompanied by a tremor.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Is it an earthquake!?"
March 7th's body swayed.
"No, earthquakes do not occur on the Luofu under normal circumstances."
Bronya had seen the structure of the Xianzhou. This wasn't a normal planet; it had no core, and the tectonic plates wouldn't move because of the Grotto-Heavens unless someone was intentionally terraforming the surface.
Such things would have announcements issued in advance.
Moreover, what concerned Bronya even more was that, although it was extremely brief, she sensed a fluctuation of Honkai energy!
As far as Little Duck knew, the only ones possessing Honkai energy were herself, Seele, and Raven, whom she had met on Jarilo-VI. The Honkai energy in Old Yang's body had transformed into Imaginary energy due to treading on the Path.
Raven couldn't possibly be here. Could it be that someone else from Earth had crossed over to this world?
The tremor came quickly and left quickly; it just shook once, as if nothing had happened.
But soon, half the Alchemy Commission exploded into activity.
All members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus received the news: the underground Grotto-Heaven was leaking!
?
What the hell!
Silver Wing had gone to the Honkai World, but Seele had always been in the body's background. Moonscar knew about the trio arriving at the Elixir Research Terrace.
She could only marvel at Little March's luck.
If she recalled correctly, many of Little March's words came true in the plot.
To think that a deduction where the cause didn't match the effect could also hit the mark?
Truly unmatched.
Moonscar did not make contact with the 'Deep Blue Sea Seven' team. Currently, the two sides didn't know each other. She planned to manufacture a chance encounter on the road when the three were heading back, getting acquainted then.
The method was simple: as long as she chatted with Little Gui about topics related to Caelus, March 7th would definitely come over to strike up a conversation.
And now, Moonscar was leading Guinaifen and Bailu, returning directly to Bailu's clinic from the Shadow World.
"Pfft... ptui! So, so exciting!"
Guinaifen, emerging from the black shadow, spat out a mouthful of Ancient Sea water, having almost drowned.
Moonscar thoughtfully helped Little Gui pat her jade-like back, which was obscured by sheer black silk.
[Me, me! What was that just now?]
Once Moonscar had comforted Guinaifen and Bailu, Li Sushang asked impatiently.
[That's right. Do you remember the question about what I called Taixu Sword Art before? I probably know the reason now.]
Moonscar replied in her heart.
[What?]
[That state is Taixu in another sense.]
[Taixu in another sense?]
During this time, whenever Moonscar had a moment, she would learn the Taixu Sword Art from Li Sushang.
During the cultivation process, a tiny problem arose, one that even Li Sushang couldn't pinpoint.
Moonscar fully linked their spirits. After repeated attempts, she guessed the problem might lie with the Honkai energy.
The essence of the Taixu Sword Art is a means of modifying the human body, silently and gradually refining the entire body into a container and channel for Honkai energy.
The Honkai energy inside the 'Stelle/Caelus' girls did not originate from the Cocoon of Finality, but was the root Honkai energy that caused the Will of the Honkai to collapse the universe.
The manifestation of Honkai energy in the two worlds was similar, but their essences differed.
With Li Sushang already possessing the Taixu Sword Heart, Moonscar re-cultivating the Sword Heart to make the body adapt to the root Honkai energy triggered a series of chain reactions.
Moonscar had a conjecture in her heart. To verify this conjecture, she needed Li Sushang to fully urge the Taixu Shen.
That sword strike which punctured the Grotto-Heaven confirmed it for Moonscar.
With her and Li Sushang united in heart and body, they touched the power of Taixu from the Honkai Impact 2 world!
Although both were crowned with the name [Taixu] by the Immortal, the Taixu of the two worlds were widely different.
[Taixu is formless, the substance of Qi. Its gathering and scattering are but the temporary forms of change.]
[The substance of Qi?]
Li Sushang fell into thought upon hearing this.
[To explain it using modern science, that is—]
Moonscar chuckled lightly. It was the Realm of Taixu that the Honkai Impact 2 Immortal had displayed when saving the little bird Totori.
[Reality Distortion Field. It can interfere with causality within the range of the field, making the cause and effect tip towards the side favorable to oneself!]
Li Sushang: [!!!???]
Interfering with... causality!?
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