Starry Sky Railway: I Intruded with the Heart of God

The three searched the containment chambers for a long time, and finally, they smelled a fishy odor at the entrance of one of the artifact collection rooms in the Black Tower.

Lamina looked at the heavy isolation door in front of her and said, "The water demon won't have gotten in here, will it?"

"Possibly, we'll find out by opening it and taking a look." Mo Li reached out and tapped the verification terminal a few times.

Dididi

The heavy isolation door opened, and a phantom soldier slashed at Mo Li.

"Watch out!" Lamina quickly warned.

The soldier's blade was about to strike Mo Li, which terrified Ramina so much that her legs went weak.

Mo Li narrowly dodged the attack, then turned around and circled behind the phantom soldier, pinning its head against the wall.

He took the baseball bat from Xingmei and swung it hard, instantly turning the pawn into particles and dissipating it.

Lamina was still taking deep breaths. After a while, Xing waited until she calmed down before pulling her up from the ground.

"Th...thank you, that really scared me to death. Are you all alright?" Lamina asked with concern.

“You can ask that dummy soldier,” Mo Li said, displaying his humor.

"It's good that you're alright. Just now, one of you was controlling the situation while the other was handing over the weapon. Your teamwork was truly excellent. You two are worthy of being siblings," Lamina exclaimed.

Mo Li: (She actually believed it!)

star:"..."

Mo Li sensed that the energy seemed to have increased slightly, which might indeed be the result of deception in obtaining the non-罡 (a type of magical energy).

Mo Li: (Oh no, I've mastered the Dao of Sitting in Oblivion)

"This looks like a trap set by a water demon, and it almost succeeded."

"We still haven't been able to find his hideout; we still have too few clues," Lamina said.

Xingmei offered a apt suggestion: "Perhaps we can re-examine that letter."

Lamina read the letter again, sighed, and said, "After all this... the valuable information should all be in the section 'Inquire closely about the whereabouts of the demons, observe only a corner of the containment area. Search high and low, awaiting the deepest secrets of the three halls.' Try to grasp the key points?"

Xingmei pondered for a moment and said, "Take in a corner..."

Lamina explained, "It's somewhere within the containment module. We've found two locations that meet these conditions..."

Star: "To shatter the world..."

Lamina continued to explain, "In a simple verb-object structure, the emphasis should be on the object... Wait a minute, this 'unparalleled' does sound somewhat familiar."

Gentlemen, do you think it has anything to do with "unparalleled talent"?

Xing: "Sounds like a beaver."

Mo Li: (Is that a beaver? In the Ganges.)

Lamina: "I think so too. So, 'traversing the world with iron shoes' refers to needing to traverse a road built by 'unparalleled talents,' right?"

The term "unparalleled talent" refers to material that will not naturally emerge in this world.

Xing then asked, "And what about the depths of the three halls?"

Lamina then explained her conjecture: "Since 'breaking through the world' is a limiting condition, then intuitively, 'the depths of the three halls' should be the second condition."

Literally, it means going through the depths of three rooms.

Xing said speechlessly, "Why didn't you realize this sooner..."

Lamina said somewhat shyly, "Well...maybe it was after unlocking the 'Unparalleled Talent' that I suddenly had this flash of inspiration..."

Mo Li then understood what his master meant, that his journey was far from over. Indeed, he couldn't even understand this little bit of the mystery.

If Mo Li were to be transported into that kind of riddle-filled alternate world, he probably wouldn't even leave behind a corpse.

In the end, he still suffered from his lack of education.

Xing nodded and said, "I think I understand."

Lamina nodded and began to summarize: "So if the secret letter reveals the truth, then the water demon is hiding in a place that has both extraordinary talent and requires passing through three rooms..."

If you two still insist on not giving up, then I'll help you find out the truth.

This time... I definitely won't fail again!

The three arrived at the special analysis room on the second floor. They went out, turned right, and found the elevator on the left. They went straight ahead.

After crossing a repulsive bridge made of exceptional materials, proceed inwards.

"Gentlemen, look, after the path was repaired by the 'Unparalleled Talent,' we've entered the deepest part where three rooms connect..."

Then, a "wild star girl" emerged from a pile of materials. Mo Li reacted quickly, grabbed her by the neck, lifted her high, and slammed her against the wall.

The sudden turn of events caught Lamina and Xing off guard.

Lamina quickly said, "Mo Li, you've arrested the wrong person. The one who came in with us is the Water Demon!"

"Xing, take Lamina under control," Mo Li said.

"Understood." Xingmei summoned a baseball bat and cornered Lamina against the wall.

"Star," pinned against the wall by Mo Li, spoke up: "Why? Why did you choose to attack me without hesitation? Aren't you afraid that she's the imposter?"

Mo Li chuckled and said, "Oh dear, I'm so sorry. Lamina was lying to me, but wasn't I lying to her too?"

The "non-spiritedness" emanating from both of you is almost overflowing; I don't believe a single word you say, not even a punctuation mark.

"Even when I was lying to you, I discovered something called 'Fei Gang' within me. You may not know it, but I can explain: it's something that only appears after you've lied to someone, you damned Daoist!"

"Wait, let me confront it first. I want it to submit willingly," Xingmei suddenly said.

Mo Li looked at her, puzzled, but let her do as she pleased.

Anyway, he had already marked the water demon, so he wasn't worried that it might mess things up with Xingmei later or escape again.

Lamina seemed to want to move, and a rock spear was stuck directly into the wall next to her.

“Behave yourself, you accomplice.” Mo Li said coldly, and Lamina felt as if she had been plunged into a dark abyss.

Xingmei asked, "Why are you impersonating me?"

"Wild Star Girl" replied, "I should be asking you that. I am a dignified Star, a quasi-righteous member of the 'Starry Sky Train,' a walking star core container..."

A peerless powerhouse who can overpower the "Antimatter Legion," a rising star renowned throughout the galaxy—how could you, a mermaid, possibly impersonate him?

The water demon's body was practically overflowing with supernatural energy; Mo Li felt that it had even fooled itself!

It continued, "Are you using my face so you can enjoy my good reputation and easily swindle people around the space station?"

"Heh, you can't even fool Mo Li, so don't try to fool yourself."

"Hmph, words are no proof. What evidence do you have? What if I'm telling the truth?" The water demon continued to resist stubbornly.

Xing: "I have a baseball bat."

Water Demon: "So what? Does that prove you're not real?"

Xing: "I can beat you to a pulp."

Water Demon: "..."