[Levi: So you'll still have to wait a bit longer.]
Looking at the chat group, Levi decided to deliver this batch of goods first, and then go look for people.
Delivering goods, after all… it wouldn't take that long anyway.
[Stelle: As long as you can arrive before dark. We'll find someone to go pick you up.]
The road to the Upper District is blocked, but Sampo knows a small path that leads up there. We can just make him work for us when the time comes.
[Stelle: Oh right, you probably don't know, this civilization I'm in is divided into an Upper District and a Lower District. The Upper District is above ground, the Lower District is underground. We're in the Lower District.]
[Stelle: People in the Upper District aren't very friendly. Everyone's got a gun. Be careful. (not left by Kiana)]
Kiana, who had been keeping a close eye on the chat, shouted out loud.
"What do you mean by adding that sentence?!"
'Isn't that basically admitting the sentence was said by me?!'
'I wouldn't care about that bastard who insulted me!'
Looking at Kiana with her arms crossed, wearing a standard tsundere expression and turning her head away, Stelle said with a stiff face, "I have an independent personality!"
"I don't want to be part of your PLAY anymore!"
'I have dignity!'
'I'm a person! I'm Stelle! I'm a Nameless!'
[Stelle: Kiana says that sentence wasn't said by her…]
[Levi: Got it… Jade Gate has been reached. The first jump is about to begin, stopping the chat.]
[Stelle: Mm. (left by Kiana)]
"Stelle!"
"I'm going to rebel! I refuse to be a slave!"
"Eat this!"
Watching the two suddenly start fighting, March 7th scratched her head in confusion, while Asta watched the playful scene with a gentle smile.
"..."
———
"Strange. I thought I'd need to submit an application or do it myself to get out, but I didn't expect that just saying 'Jade Gate' would open it."
Levi turned back and glanced at the massive Jade Gate.
Once again, he sighed at how great it was to have connections on the Luofu.
A sealed Jade Gate opened just like that.
[Please note: Jump is about to begin! Please sit tight and hold on!]
[If you feel physical discomfort, please stop the second jump immediately and dial the Xianzhou emergency rescue number. Stay where you are and wait for rescue.]
The sweet mechanical voice faded away.
The Starskiff in flight suddenly accelerated, then vanished into the starry sky after reaching a certain critical point.
When it appeared again, it was already far from the Stelle region where the Luofu was located.
Looking at the pitch-black surroundings, even with prior experience in space travel, Levi still felt a bit oppressed.
"Let's get out of this area quickly…"
After sitting in the Starskiff and waiting for a while, the jump activated again.
Once the jump was completed, the Starskiff gradually stabilized. Levi leaned forward and looked outside.
Seeing the asteroids floating in space, his brows immediately furrowed.
Two jumps had already been completed, so why hadn't he reached the Stelle region where Belobog was?
'Could it be that the Starskiff's performance was far inferior to the Astral Express?'
"Burp!"
Levi suddenly let out a burp, a few wisps of flame escaping his mouth.
He wasn't surprised by this anymore. It was probably from using the Blazing Greatsword when dealing with Silver Wolf, leaving residual Honkai energy in his body.
It wasn't a big deal. It would naturally metabolize away.
"Autopilot system, initiate third jump."
[Please check for any physical abnormalities. If abnormalities are detected, please seek rescue on the spot. Forcing a jump will cause permanent damage to the body!]
"No abnormalities."
[Preparing to jump…]
Suddenly, a strange voice sounded by Levi's ear.
"Where are you going… little kid?"
Hearing this, Levi's heart jolted. He immediately turned his head to look for the source of the sound.
This was uninhabited deep space, how could there be a human voice?
Yet that voice was incredibly clear.
"Tell big sister about it. Maybe big sister can help you…"
Snap!
Slender fingers pressed against the Starskiff's protective shield.
[Ding! Detected that Administrator Levi is in life-threatening danger! Initiating chat group mission release…]
[Ding! Chat group under maintenance. Mission release failed!]
This was a real eye-opener for everyone in the chat group.
The chat group could actually fail to release a mission.
But in the next second, the people online all froze.
They carefully reread the chat group message, word by word.
"Administrator Levi is in life-threatening danger…"
"..."
Kiana and Stelle looked at each other, their hearts tightening at the same time.
[Kiana: @Levi, hey! Bastard Levi, what's your situation right now?!]
[Stelle: @Levi, hey hey hey! If you hear this, respond!]
[Elysia: ?! Why would he run into danger?!]
[Lumine: ? I just went to do a commission, and this guy is already in mortal danger?]
And there were also new members joining.
Seeing that Levi was in danger, Kiana and the others began frantically @-ing Levi in the group.
But no matter how long they tried, Levi never came out to explain the situation.
He no longer had the time to pay attention to the constant "ding ding" sounds by his ear.
Clinging to the rock, Levi slowly crawled forward, trying to distance himself from the presence behind him.
But even if he moved away from the source of danger and left the Starskiff, Levi, now in a vacuum, couldn't breathe.
Death was only a matter of time.
"A normal person?"
The figure behind him sounded a little puzzled.
As if the fact that he was a normal person surprised her greatly.
Although Levi possessed strength far beyond ordinary people, he had never stepped onto a Path. In essence, he was still just an ordinary person.
Without the protection of a Path, surviving in a harsh environment like a vacuum was simply impossible.
Just as the figure was feeling puzzled, Levi, knowing he was probably about to die here, turned around.
A greatsword suddenly appeared in his hands, and he swung it at her.
The figure raised her hand, and the flames were easily blocked, but he also clearly saw her face.
"Emanator of Annihilation… Phantylia…"
Levi opened his mouth, but no sound came out. In the end, his eyes gradually dimmed, and his body collapsed onto the ground, slowly losing all signs of life.
Looking at him, Phantylia fell silent.
Hearing that his incurable illness had been cured in less than half a day, Phantylia had guessed that he had received the favor of an Aeon.
Her own matters had also been learned from a certain (unnamed) Aeon.
Especially the way he became increasingly unhinged after his recovery, and the powerful strength he displayed in the Divination Commission, made Phantylia believe her guess even more.
And yet…
"Just an ordinary person?"
She hadn't even attacked yet, she'd just dragged him into a vacuum, and he was already dead.
It seemed that what he did back then might have been unintentional.
Maybe he'd heard her name and deeds from somewhere and joked about it with friends.
Phantylia scoffed at his stupidity for bringing disaster upon himself.
She turned and vanished into the starry sky.
In the vast asteroid belt, only a broken Starskiff remained, and a boy lying on an asteroid, his life or death unknown.
A steady "tick-tock" sound echoed from the Starskiff.
The fallen boy's chest emitted a faint glow.
The greatsword pinned beneath him erupted with flames without anyone controlling it, completely engulfing the boy's body.
"..."
"That's strange. Why isn't anyone picking up?"
On her way to work, Qingque scratched her head as she looked at the unanswered call.
"Is that bastard Levi playing hide-and-seek again?"
"Tch~ disappearing all the time. Don't end up getting yourself killed!"
Putting her jade communicator away, Qingque slowly walked toward the Divination Commission. "Off to work… A department that gets invaded in the morning and still goes to work in the afternoon, probably only our Divination Commission!"
Being an employee of the Divination Commission is really such a blessing.
———
[Somewhere In The Universe]
Ship after ship flew neatly through the starry sky.
"Director Topaz! We've received a distress signal. Should we change course and head to the location where the signal was sent?"