"Tingyun, what's wrong with you today? You didn't used to handle things like this."
"Master Diviner, I am truly sorry. It was this little lady's poor handling…"
"Sigh, never mind. It's just a few extra steps."
Fu Xuan turned around and said to the Express crew, "I will personally escort the criminal into the Divination Commission. Once preparations are complete, I will notify you all."
After some more discussion, Fu Xuan took Kafka and left.
At this moment, Zeig's phone suddenly vibrated.
"?"
He immediately unlocked the screen.
It was actually a message from Dan Heng.
Dan Heng: 'There was some situation earlier. I've arrived on the Xianzhou. Are you all okay?'
Zeig: '?'
Zeig: 'You actually came to the Xianzhou. Then how are we supposed to talk behind your back?'
Dan Heng: '...'
Dan Heng: 'I'll take that as you replying "good."'
Dan Heng: 'It's a long story. I'm at Cloudford with a Cloud Knight. I'll meet up with you once I'm out.'
Dan Heng: 'By the way, the Express is fine. I came on my own. We can talk in detail when we have time.'
Zeig: 'You don't have time now? Let's video chat so we can see what you're doing.'
Dan Heng: '?'
Dan Heng: (The other party has sent you a side quest)
Zeig: '?!!'
...
Cloudford.
At this moment, Dan Heng was talking with the two people ahead.
"If there's even a slight change in Cloudford's cargo transport route, the entire path becomes completely different."
Dan Heng: "Do either of you know the way?"
Luocha: "I don't know it."
Sushang: "Haha, this lady is from here. I know it very well. Just follow me and you can't go wrong."
Sushang: "Let's rest for a bit longer. When you're ready, silent guy, just tell me and we'll set off."
Dan Heng nodded.
Then he took out his phone again.
He wanted to discuss some details with Zeig, but suddenly Luocha leaned over from the side.
"Brother Dan Heng, are you from the Luofu?"
"..."
Seeing Dan Heng remain silent, Luocha said apologetically, "Ah… sorry for the unnecessary question. Sometimes I don't know the right boundaries when talking to people. I hope I didn't offend you."
Dan Heng shook his head and put his phone back in his pocket. "I actually have something to ask as well."
Luocha: "Please go ahead."
Dan Heng: "How much do you know about the Luofu lockdown?"
Luocha: "Almost nothing. I was supposed to board and leave the Luofu according to schedule, but I suddenly heard that chaos had broken out."
Luocha: "The girl next to me, Sushang, is a Cloud Knight. Brother Dan Heng, you might as well ask her."
Dan Heng: "This Cloud Knight girl… have you known her for a long time?"
Luocha: "Her name is Sushang. She seems to have just been transferred from the Xianzhou Yaoqing. Actually, we just met recently."
Luocha: "As far as I know, although each Xianzhou operates independently, the Cloud Knights are under the unified command of the Marshal. So it's not strange for troops to be reassigned between different Cloud Knight divisions."
Dan Heng silently stared at Luocha's outfit and couldn't help asking, "You don't seem like a Xianzhou native. Where did you come from?"
Luocha smiled awkwardly. "A merchant has no fixed home and drifts everywhere, with the sea of stars as home. But if you're curious… my registered location in the Alliance is Xianzhou Yuque; my company registration number belongs to North Valley Star; and the Star and Mall branch."
"…So Luocha is just the name I commonly use on the Xianzhou. Outside the Xianzhou, I have a more cumbersome name. I guess you wanted to ask about that too? But forgive me for not being able to tell you truthfully, after all…"
"Otto Apocalypse!"
"?"
A sword-flying woman in the sky suddenly shouted.
It was clearly the Herrscher of Sentience passing by on reconnaissance.
"Great, I didn't expect to see you, you bastard, in this world!"
"Short-hair over there, not a single word Otto says can be trusted!"
Dan Heng couldn't help looking up and meeting the Herrscher of Sentience's gaze. "She called you Otto."
"Haha… She might have mistaken me for someone else." Luocha smiled awkwardly.
"With that face of yours, there's no way I'd mistake you! Seele is called Seele, Bronya is called Bronya, so how could Otto not be called Otto?!"
Toward the suddenly appearing hot-tempered woman, Luocha's heart sank. He looked up awkwardly and smiled faintly. "Miss, what do you mean by that?"
"In my memory, I have never met you before."
"Wait…"
Luocha suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Because of the Herrscher of Sentience's extremely arrogant attitude, he didn't immediately recall a certain person's face.
"You are… um, anyway, I think you've mistaken me for someone, miss. I'm not Otto Apocalypse."
"Really? You think I'd believe that?"
The Herrscher of Sentience landed steadily and asked the bewildered-looking Sushang behind her, "Little brat, isn't your name Li Sushang?"
"Hm? Ah? Eh? You even know my surname?"
Luocha smiled. "So Miss Sushang's surname is Li. What a nice name."
"However… I really am not called Otto Apocalypse."
Luocha said with a serious face, "Miss… I'm not lying."
"That tone! I'm going to beat you to death right now!"
Seeing the Herrscher of Sentience pick up her greatsword and charge at Luocha, Sushang the Cloud Knight, who was responsible for protecting civilians, hurriedly stopped her. "Eh… wait wait wait. Luocha already said he doesn't know you. Isn't there some misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstanding? Let me tell you!"
The Herrscher of Sentience put away her greatsword, cupped Sushang's face with both hands, and forcibly turned her around to face Luocha.
"I'm telling you… no matter which planet or world you're on, as soon as you see this face, you absolutely cannot trust a single hair on him, got it?"
"Huh? But… why?"
"Do you ask why one plus one equals two?"
Sushang spread her five fingers and struggled to explain, "But one plus one… shouldn't it equal two?"
"Exactly, so with this face, shouldn't you not trust him?!"
Luocha: "..."
Sushang felt dazed. "It… it kind of makes sense, but isn't this logic a bit too strange?"
Dan Heng spoke again. "Miss, from the look of you, you should be Zeig's friend. Besides the conflict with Luocha, you probably have other important matters, right?"
"Oh? Right! I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it."
The Herrscher of Sentience scratched her head and left a beacon in place.
"?"
Dan Heng narrowed his eyes and silently watched the mark dissolve into the air and disappear.
It felt somehow familiar.
"This is… Zeig's teleportation mark."
"I'm off. I still need to place them at other spots."
The Herrscher of Sentience waved her hand and continued flying on her greatsword.
Before leaving, she flipped Luocha the middle finger.
Luocha: "..."
Sushang gazed at the Herrscher of Sentience's back in the sky and muttered, "Luocha, what exactly did you do? Are you taking revenge on society? Her malice toward you is so strong."
"I… I don't know either."