The female staff was still standing outside the maze at this moment, her expression slightly worried.
Although the ones in charge of retrieving the Fright Maze this time were the heroes who saved the space station during the Antimatter Legion's invasion, after all, the Security Department staff before them had already failed too many times. And since the Fright Maze's abilities were rather special, she still couldn't help feeling a bit concerned.
Right then, she suddenly saw the maze disappear, and the wall blocking the passage in front of her slowly returned to its original position.
The worried look on the female staff's face instantly vanished. This kind of change was clearly a sign that the plan to retrieve the Fright Maze had succeeded.
Before she could react, a wailing cry that sounded utterly miserable drilled into her ears. Right after, the Fright Maze's real body flew over from afar, spun twice, and immediately locked onto her.
Seeing the Fright Maze abruptly charging toward her, the female staff jumped in fright.
"Hurry up and catch me, I'll go with you! Just don't let me see that white-haired bastard ever again!"
The Fright Maze stopped in front of the female staff and demanded that she grab it.
Its tone at this moment was full of yearning, eager, desperate.
"Huh?"
The female staff froze on the spot. The Fright Maze's attitude was baffling.
If she remembered correctly, the white-haired one should be 'that' person, the one who smashed a dent into the Doomsday Beast's head with the floor...
If it was him, then the Fright Maze's current state was understandable.
But what exactly had he done to make it like this?
As she was thinking, Nero and Stelle also strolled over. Of course, the two of them had brought back the two items needed for retrieving the Fright Maze, intact and unchanged.
When the Fright Maze saw Nero and Stelle walking over, it let out a shrill scream and hid behind the female staff.
The female staff blinked, a bit dumbfounded.
She wanted to ask Nero what exactly had happened.
"Nothing much. I just told it that its methods of scaring people were terrible." Nero spread his hands.
"This thing has terrible mental fortitude. Honestly, I don't think you guys even need to use this thing anymore. As long as you look down on it and mock it a little, its mentality will collapse on its own."
Hearing Nero's explanation, the female staff felt it was a bit unrealistic.
'Could it really be solved so easily?'
But looking at the Fright Maze behind her, crying nonstop, completely broken, it really did seem like its mentality had exploded.
The female staff turned to Stelle, hoping to confirm things from her.
Stelle shook her head, spread her hands, and said, "Don't look at me, I don't know either. But we really didn't use force to hit it."
The female staff nodded thoughtfully and believed it. Then she couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.
She knew very well that before Nero and Stelle, several batches of Security staff had attempted to retrieve the Fright Maze and ended up being scared into mental breakdowns instead.
She never expected these two would solve it so quickly, and even find an easier way to retrieve the Fright Maze.
From the bottom of her heart, the female staff sighed emotionally, As expected of the heroes who saved the space station. Even retrieving strange objects is so much easier for you!"
Nero nodded, not commenting on the strange measure of comparison she used while praising him.
In a flash, he appeared beside the female staff and, before the Fright Maze even reacted, grabbed it.
Then Nero grinned, set the Fright Maze on the ground, and stomped it twice.
This thing had been mocking them nonstop; not replying didn't mean he wasn't holding a grudge. He had already decided long ago, once he caught this thing, he was going to kick its butt hard.
Even though he had no idea where this cube's butt actually was, but that didn't matter. Stomp anywhere.
After stepping on it a few times, Nero turned to the female staff and Stelle and asked, "Do you two want to stomp it a few times too?"
"Huh?"
The female staff stared blankly.
Stelle nodded. The Fright Maze's constant mocking had annoyed her as well, so of course she had to teach it a good lesson now.
After all, whatever Nero did, she would copy.
Thus, under the female staff's gaze, the two of them thoroughly stomped on the Fright Maze, making the strange object scream wildly.
Fortunately, Luka, who was obsessively protective of strange objects, wasn't here, otherwise he would probably have fought Nero and Stelle to the death.
After they finished teaching the foul-mouthed Fright Maze a lesson, Nero picked it up and tossed it into the designated Imaginary Overflow Storage Container, then carried the thing off to report back to Asta.
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[Reality]
[Siberian Duck's Livestream Room]
She was currently progressing through the mission storyline.
Following the mission guide, she first found Wen Shiling, and then followed Wen Shiling's instructions to search for information related to the Fright Maze.
Then, on the way, she entered the Trotter-catching segment.
"It looks like Nero has found something. The story just moved into a short animation," Siberian Duck said while watching the screen.
[Ai-chan Forever: What are you, a little space pig?]
[Eagle of Farsight: It's a Dimensional Trotter!]
[Nero's Sword: After Nero caught it, he even sniffed it. Judging by his expression, it should smell pretty nice.]
[Little Leaf: Nero is clearly enchanted by the scent.]
[Head Chef: True. HoYoverse's tech is strong now. Nero's expression clearly says he's hungry.]
[Crimson Heart: Lol. Nero only knows it's called a Trotter, gotta rely on Teacher Dan Heng for the rest.]
Siberian Duck controlled Stelle to start taking photos of Nero holding the Trotter, then sent them to Dan Heng.
While operating, she said, [Help me, almighty Teacher Dan Heng!]
Dan Heng's response came very quickly.
"Dan Heng replied so fast."
As Dan Heng's replies popped up one by one, Siberian Duck couldn't help grinning.
"As expected of the almighty Teacher Dan Heng. So knowledgeable, he really gave us a detailed introduction of the Dimensional Trotter."
[Wind-type Boy Solo Stan: What does Dan Heng mean by this? Why is he repeatedly emphasizing that Nero must NOT eat it! And he even emphasized it three times!]
[Aha's Messenger: Important things must be said three times. This is the bond of Xianzhou people, yo!]
[Fatuus Tech: Mihoyo loves jokes. We Xianzhou people sure love eating.]
[Whoo: Stelle's confused expression is hilarious! Hey Nero, someone's asking you a question, do you really like eating that much?]
Then, when they saw in the cutscene that Nero raised his hand and made the "pinching" gesture to tell Stelle "just a little bit," Siberian Duck burst out laughing.
"Bro, you're acting modest now?!"
[Pom-Pom: Likes to eat. But only a little bit.]
[I Use Pantene: Yes, Xianzhou people love to eat, but Nero, what do you mean by giving her soda-bean-juice? That stuff tastes awful! Couldn't you treat her to something that actually tastes good?]
[Morning Sun: I mean, bean juice has its own quirky flavor, right? That's what makes it authentic.]
[HOIHIOH: Never expected this pure-looking kid to be so sneaky on the inside!]
As the story progressed, no one even had time to be sad about Dan Heng giving Nero special attention.
Because right after that, Nero decided to treat Stelle to soda-bean-juice, and Stelle even agreed.
Even though the game had only just launched, they were already looking forward to the Xianzhou storyline.
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