Elsewhere…
Four people were already piloting the Heavenly Father, approaching the first array base at extremely high speed.
"Let me take a look. This is the Zhouhe Array!"
Qingque stood inside the Heavenly Father's cockpit, pointing at the scene on the screen as she explained:
"As the saying goes, observe the trends of cosmic harmony. I heard this array is specifically used to retrieve information related to time."
The Heavenly Father slowly descended and landed above the base of the Zhouhe Array.
Looking around in all directions, there were still many mechs near the Zhouhe Array, clearing out the remaining monsters. The scene was somewhat noisy.
"…"
They stayed there for a long while.
The Heavenly Father continued hovering silently in place, without any movement.
But inside, things had already gotten noisy.
"No, it's obvious that restarting the array base should be left to the cultured people, right?"
March 7th had one foot propped on a chair, pointing at the other three with her hand:
"You guys don't know what kind of person I am? It definitely can't be me going down, right!"
Zeig sat on another chair, her delicate body trembling:
"It can't be me either. What if I have an episode and end up gnawing the array base to pieces? By then, forget interrogating the Stellaron Hunter—even the entire Divination Commission would have to shut down operations."
At this, everyone's gaze fell on Qingque.
"Huh? What are you looking at me for?"
Qingque muttered:
"If I knew how, why would I have brought you all here to do this?"
"You don't even know this, and you're really from the Divination Commission?" March 7th was quite skeptical. "I think you're just trying to slack off!"
"H-How is that possible?! I really don't know how. For something like this, shouldn't we let Tingyun do it?!"
"?"
Tingyun's pupils suddenly widened. She looked around at everyone in confusion:
"Why is it my turn again? All the big and small matters along the way have already exhausted this humble one's mind and spirit. I truly can't handle any more work."
To be honest.
Tingyun was already regretting coming along.
She had to pilot the starskiff, fend off monster attacks, and even deal with the mechanical constructs herself.
And now even the base of this Matrix of Prescience Ultima had to be handled by her?
What was the point of these three tagging along then?
Especially Qingque!
"Sister Qingque, as a staff member of the Divination Commission, you should still put in some effort, right?"
Tingyun picked up her fan and fanned Qingque while coaxing her:
"This is a base of the Divination Commission's Matrix of Prescience Ultima. If we outsiders end up damaging it, I'm afraid the Master Diviner would still hold us accountable."
"Damage it? No no no."
Qingque confidently puffed out her chest:
"As long as it's operated normally, it definitely won't break. Otherwise, with so many monsters here, wouldn't it have been paralyzed long ago?"
"Isn't it already paralyzed now?"
March 7th silently stared at the scene on the screen.
A Titan mech was chasing a Mara-struck soldier all the way and finally arrived beneath the Heavenly Father.
As the Titan mech hammered the Mara-struck with "Bang bang bang!!", the crystal blocks above the array base were also disrupted by the impact force, constantly shifting positions.
Inside the Heavenly Father.
Qingque pointed at those crystals, unable to hide the pride in her heart:
"See, even like this it won't break. It'll just lose its original position due to the movement and be temporarily paralyzed, that's all."
"Mm, this humble one also greatly admires the sturdiness of the array base, but that doesn't prevent Sister Qingque from going down and putting in some work, does it?"
"But I don't know how…"
"Well, when push comes to shove, people always find a way."
In the end.
Qingque was still kicked out.
As someone from the Divination Commission, no one was more suitable than her for adjusting the array base.
"…"
At this moment, Qingque was standing on the Heavenly Father's palm, silently gazing down at the array base below.
"Sigh, this is so troublesome. If I'd known, I wouldn't have come."
"Bastard——I'm going to kill you all!!"
"?"
After hearing the frantic voice coming from afar, Qingque slowly turned her head and looked toward the direction the sound came from.
A few kilometers away, a long-haired man was gritting his teeth and sprinting toward here!
Behind him, countless large mechs were clearly in pursuit.
"Damn it! You guys are actually here—I'm coming over to beat you to death right now!"
Blade looked up, and upon seeing Qingque in the distance, the murderous intent in his eyes could no longer be suppressed. He immediately adjusted his direction, grabbed his long sword, and charged toward the Heavenly Father!
"Ah… no, why did he have to run over at a time like this."
Seeing Blade's fierce gaze, Qingque couldn't help but swallow and silently pulled a jade token from her pocket with her hand.
"Should I deal with him first?"
"Forget it… whatever!"
"Yah!"
Qingque gritted her silver teeth and directly grabbed the jade token, throwing it downward!
Below.
Blade, while being chased by numerous mechs, only heard a "whoosh" as something whistled past beside him.
Then.
"Bang——!!"
The Titan mech behind Blade was directly blown up by that strike!
"???"
"That woman—why is she helping me?!"
Seeing this scene.
Qingque, standing on the Heavenly Father's palm, was completely dumbfounded.
"Ah, I missed!"
She silently turned her head and met the Heavenly Father's gaze.
Heavenly Father: "…"
Qingque: "…"
The three people inside the black-purple mech all narrowed their eyes at this moment.
Zeig asked in confusion:
"What's Qingque doing? Why isn't she going down? Isn't she supposed to be doing the base?"
"It's 'fixing the array base'! Not 'doing the base'!" March 7th's delicate brows furrowed slightly. "That gay guy you mentioned seems to be running this way. With that vicious expression, is he eyeing your butt?"
"No way?"
The Heavenly Father turned its head, its gaze falling on Blade running from afar.
Zeig stared at the screen and analyzed:
"Holy shit! When he's moving, the buttons in the middle of his shirt look like they're about to burst from his muscles!"
"Wow, he's still licking his lips!" March 7th swallowed. "Is it because he's been hiding for too long that he's so pent-up and thirsty? And when you first arrived at the Divination Commission, you were still wearing Qingque's women's clothing—shoulders exposed and all that stuff—which just happened to catch his interest!"
Tingyun stared blankly at Blade's face and said suspiciously:
"Could there be a possibility that he's holding a grudge against our benefactor because of those automaton armies chasing him from behind?"
"Huh? He can't be that petty, right?"
"Hey! Look, he's licking his lips again! Staring at the Heavenly Father with such a ferocious, domineering gaze!"
"Whoosh."
Another streak of cyan-green light flew past on the screen in front of the three.
"Bang——!!" It smashed and destroyed another Titan mech.
"?" The three in the cockpit narrowed their eyes again.
"Qingque, you bastard! What the hell are you doing?!" March 7th shouted.
Qingque had already panicked, clutching the jade token in her hand and stammering:
"I-I'm scared! If I don't take out that Stellaron Hunter first, I don't dare go down at all!"
"Then are you dealing with the Stellaron Hunter? Who are you hitting over there?" Zeig asked in shock.
"Sister Qingque, it's fine if you consume a lot of skill points, but you still need to get some real work done!"
"I-I accidentally hit friendly forces too!"
"If you jump down and face him head-on, you'll definitely hit him!"
"Yeah, but then he could hit me too!"
"Goddamn it. This is so troublesome."
The Heavenly Father raised its other hand, palm aimed in Blade's direction, the light in its palm growing brighter and brighter!
"Let me blow him up!"
Blade looked at the Heavenly Father's actions ahead, and a black person question mark slowly appeared above his head:
"Huh?"
Before Blade had time to react, a massive black-purple beam completely enveloped him.
…
"Boom——!!"