"Zzz——zzz——"
The massive black-purple beam lasted for over ten seconds before slowly dissipating.
After the purple light gradually faded.
Only an extremely terrifying large pit remained!
Just now.
Those mech armies that had been relentlessly chasing Blade were, at the moment the Heavenly Father fired, transferred into the sky by Zeig.
At this moment.
Those mechs landed again.
"Bang bang bang bang——!!"
They all activated their scanning devices, searching the giant pit for Blade's corpse.
Inside the Heavenly Father.
Tingyun stared at the large hole with a radius of over ten meters, her eyes nearly popping out!
"Benefactor… this… isn't this a bit too cruel?!"
She had thought Zeig would just scare the other party a bit, fire off some small skill or something.
But in the end, with a "shua", the person was blasted into ashes!
"Cruel? Aren't Stellaron Hunters supposed to be existences that can single-handedly blow up stars?!"
Zeig looked at Tingyun with a dumbfounded expression:
"Similar to that… what was it, the Extinction Lord of the Destruction faction. I heard their strength can destroy planets. This bit of firepower is nothing, right?"
"There are such rumors about destroying planets, but it depends on the situation."
Tingyun fanned herself to calm down while speaking nervously:
"One slash destroying a planet is one thing, but using the Antimatter Legion to spend several months destroying a planet—that also counts as destruction!"
"Ah? I thought it was one slash per planet."
Zeig scratched her head and directly piloted the Heavenly Father to drop Qingque into the Zhouhe Array.
Then she piloted the mech to the top of that large pit for observation.
Looking down from above, the entire pit was bottomless.
Wait, no—it had a bottom.
"Zeig, there's another hole below this big pit, and it's all fog down there." March 7th pointed at the screen and shouted.
Zeig raised an eyebrow:
"Holy shit, he got blasted out of the map?!"
"What happens when you fall out of the map?"
"The area ahead—let's explore it later!"
"?"
"I mean, the screen should go black, then he'd be teleported back, right?"
"Come on, do you think this is Genshin Impact?!"
March 7th turned to Tingyun behind her and asked:
"On your Xianzhou, has no one ever jumped down into this fog before?"
"Well…"
Tingyun said hesitantly:
"This is the Divination Commission's cave heaven. There's only this much space where people can stand. As for places where you can't stand… I don't really know either. If we run into someone from the Artisanship Commission, we could ask them properly."
Regarding Blade, who had been blasted out of the map by the Heavenly Father's cannon, after discussing for a while, the three didn't pay it much more mind.
Soon, they returned above the Zhouhe Array.
At this moment, Qingque was racking her brains, moving the crystals inside the Zhouhe Array.
"Plop——!!"
March 7th jumped down, slowly stood up, and walked to Qingque's side.
"Qingque, are you not done yet?"
"Don't rush me… this is very troublesome."
"?"
Qingque was bent over, continuously picking up the emerald-green crystals and placing them in different slots.
Along the way, she kept looking up, carefully comparing the patterns on the totem above.
This scene left March 7th completely baffled.
"?"
"I have a small question."
"Shoot!"
"Aren't you supposed to arrange these crystals into the position of that totem above?" March 7th pointed at the triangle on the totem.
"Yeah."
"…"
Upon hearing this answer.
March 7th sniffed, snatched the crystal from Qingque's hand, and casually tossed it into a nearby groove.
"Ding——!!"
That crystal connected with two others to form a triangle, exactly the same as the one on the totem, and the Zhouhe Array also emitted a crisp sound.
It was probably fixed.
March 7th and Qingque stared at each other in silence.
"…"
"…"
After a long silence, Qingque finally spoke:
"You… you're so smart."
March 7th: "Is this triangle really that complicated?"
Qingque: "Don't you think so?"
March 7th: "…"
Qingque awkwardly cleared her throat:
"Of course, you did indeed complete the repair of the array base, but don't get carried away. The more complex something is, the more one should pursue simplicity in operation. As the saying goes, the Great Dao is the simplest—understand?"
"So you really were slacking off?!"
"How could that be!"
"Besides."
Qingque crossed her arms and looked toward the center in the distance, the heart of the Matrix of Prescience Ultima:
"If this matter was that simple, the Master Diviner wouldn't have come personally either. Maybe she also wants to slack off?"
…
Immediately after.
The four changed direction again and headed to another array base.
Qingque stood inside the Heavenly Father and introduced to everyone:
"Up ahead should be the Yecheng Array. I heard this array base is specifically used to sort out the causal connections of things."
Tingyun nodded:
"So, Sister Qingque, if you please?"
"Huh? Why me again? I'm very slow."
March 7th clenched her fist:
"Then I advise you to hurry up."
"…"
Qingque had just jumped down when the Heavenly Father slowly extended its palm, aiming at her.
"???"
"What are you trying to do?"
Qingque looked at the palm cannon muzzle wreathed in purple light behind her and couldn't help swallowing.
W-What the hell is this?!
From inside the mech came March 7th's voice:
"Hurry up. If you slack off again, we're going to fire!"
"?!!"
Threatened, Qingque scrambled into the Yecheng Array on all fours. After glancing at the totem above, her hands and feet didn't stop moving.
After about 4 seconds.
"Ding——!!"
The Yecheng Array was restored.
Zeig: "?"
Tingyun: "…"
March 7th: "…"
After a long silence.
Qingque below bounced around, waving her hands and shouting:
"Hey——!!"
"Hey——pull me up!!"
"…"
Inside the Divination Commission.
Countless mechs roamed everywhere, their alert levels practically maxed out.
At the heart of the Matrix of Prescience Ultima.
Zeig jumped down, leaving the other three to repair the last array base.
She herself went to slack off.
"Why are you back?" Fu Xuan, who was standing guard over the Matrix of Prescience Ultima here, looked puzzled.
"Can't I slack off for a bit?"
At this moment, Zeig had her black long hair tied up, wearing a clean and stylish black windbreaker, looking extremely dashing.
"Huh, wait… your clothes are different from before."
Fu Xuan stared intently at Zeig's clothes for a while, then said with certainty:
"The fabric of these clothes—this seat has seen it before. It's a defensive material of extremely high density."
"Huh, your other attire as well. Why did you suddenly change into a new set of equipment?!"
Zeig sighed:
"You mean, why I changed out of those cheap clothes?"
"Yes."
"Aren't we supposed to interrogate Kafka? If nothing happens, I'd feel like I'm letting down this peaceful atmosphere right now."
"This… you're too pessimistic."
"So, where's the Stellaron?"
Zeig looked at Fu Xuan and asked:
"We've already entered the Divination Commission. For something like this, you should be able to tell us, right? You can't possibly still think the Astral Express is here to harm you?"
"…"
Fu Xuan gently shook her head:
"No, of course I now understand your intentions."
"However…"