Collapse: Nano Brigade Captain's Journey Across the Galaxy

Continued from last time...

"My benefactors, in order to activate the tracking mode of "Listen", we must first find some clues. In short, if Kafka is really "returning to Starport", she will leave traces no matter what. Let's spread out and look for anything that looks suspicious. Don't miss anything.

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“Hehe, finally I have a legitimate reason to leave and absorb this little girl’s consciousness! Ahahahahaha… huh?”

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"Okay, but for safety reasons, I suggest that we split into teams of two. This way, no one will be left alone and be picked off, and people like Ms. Tingyun who have no fighting ability will not be caught up by monsters and unable to resist. So, let's split into teams now."

"My friend, I agree with your suggestion, so I will follow March 7th."

"Then I'll go with Brownie. And, Otto, you don't want to do anything to this beautiful girl, do you?"

"How could that be, Joyce? We are a team now. Why would I do something that would be detrimental to myself?"

"Okay, then I'll follow Miss Tingyun, let's go."

(PS: The reason why no one followed Qiong was because Kevin's consciousness resided in his mind)

After about half an hour of separation, everyone gathered again, exchanged opinions, and began to discuss. The first person to speak was Joachim (although his current name is Walter Young, but to distinguish him from Joyce, I usually call him Old Young, or Joachim) -

"From the looks of it, these are the suspicious clues, but...are they all left by Kafka? Or are they just a stepping stone?"

And Sanyueqi also echoed, "And judging from the number, are they deliberately teasing us? Humph! We can all imagine that woman's mysterious expression, saying word by word: "Come, catch, me" arrogantly! Humph."

"Yes, it fits Mom's...her usual style."

"Hmm? What were you trying to say?"

Tingyun responded, "After all, she is a wanted criminal who has been rewarded a large sum by the Interstellar Peace Company, but no one has been able to capture her. It seems like we have become her prey, being watched secretly."

"But let's go, benefactors, without further ado. We should be very close to her now."

However, when everyone had walked a distance, "Tingyun" suddenly stopped and said in a slightly suspicious tone: "Ah, this... breath... has disappeared..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kafka's voice came from behind Tingyun: "When the traces of the prey suddenly disappear, the hunter should be careful."

Everyone looked up and found that this urban beauty was standing behind several Cloud Cavalry soldiers. Under everyone's gaze, she slowly said a sentence - "Because, that is often a sign of a reversal in the hunting relationship."

However, Tingyun looked at the Cloud Knights behind her and said in disbelief, "Impossible! These Cloud Knights have not fallen into the devil's Yin body... What did you do to them?!"

"It's just a small hint. The effect... is just to make them listen to me. And about this matter - Qiong, don't you know it very well?"

"Ah I?"

"Well... this place is not good. Taibu has to walk a long way (Fu Xuan: Are you laughing at my height? The Judas on your head... oh no, I got the wrong number, bye bye bye), and it won't do me any good. See you at the front."

"Go! Don't let her run away!" Seeing Kafka about to leave, March Seventh was the first to rush forward! Joachim loudly reminded her: "March Seventh, slow down!"

When everyone ran to a door, they found Kafka standing at the door, looking at them with a mysterious expression, and said elegantly: "Just a little bit more, everyone...haste makes waste."

"Damn it! There's no way to get through here! We have to find a way to stop her!" Sanyueqi said angrily.

Tingyun consoled him, "My benefactor, it doesn't matter if the door is closed. We can just bypass the conveyor belts..." But before Tingyun could finish his words, Joyce walked to the door, stretched out his hand, and understood the structure of the door in an instant. He also used his power to construct a black technology that could be used to control the opening and closing of the door.

After finishing all this, he waved to everyone, signaling them to chase through the door. After passing through the door, he chased for a few more minutes and finally caught Kafka.

Even in such a desperate situation, Kafka did not panic at all. Instead, she said elegantly as always: "Welcome, everyone from the train group, you have caught me."

"This is your plan, isn't it?"

"..." However, Kafka just looked at Qiong, chuckled a few times, and did not respond. But Joachim did not want to wait any longer, he said directly - "Show your cards, Kafka. Our coming here should be all in your plan... no, it should be your script."

"No, no, no." Kafka denied what he said, and then said: "This is not a plan, nor a script, this is just the "future". We interfere with countless future possibilities and turn the best "future" into reality."

"Don't flatter us, Walter. We, the Star Core Hunters, are nothing more than slaves of fate."

"Ah? Calling me?" Joyce, who was slacking off, suddenly heard someone calling his name, so he leaned over and asked in confusion. Old Yang explained helplessly, "No, she was calling me, after all, she doesn't know your name."

"OK, then I'll continue slacking off." After saying that, he reconstructed the mechanical fish that had just dissipated due to the withdrawal of power, and continued slacking off.

Kafka was speechless when she saw the scene in front of her. However, Sanyueqi ignored all that and said bluntly: "The best future? The best future for whom?! I don't believe you would think about others!"

"The whole universe - do you believe it? Of course - to me."

Qiong, on the other hand, looked "bitter and resentful" and said to Kafka, "I still have a lot of things to ask you."

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"Mr. Kevin, can this expression really work wonders in this situation?"

"I don't know either. Chen Ye told me."

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"Finally I have a chance to relax and have some fun. But my isomorph from another time and space is so easy to fool."