Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

After much deliberation, Kiana finally decided to go find Jingyuan first. After all, this was the Immortal Ship, and since there were a few more people here, it would be better to inform him first.

After making several inquiries with the Cloud Cavalry, Kiana finally led the two to the gate of the Shence Mansion.

After explaining the situation to the gatekeeper, the three were led into the Shence Mansion shortly afterward.

Upon entering, Kiana immediately saw Fu Xuan's projection talking to Jing Yuan.

Seeing this, Kiana didn't want to disturb them, so she could only stay where she was and wait for Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan to finish speaking. Fortunately, the wait wasn't long. As Fu Xuan's projection disappeared, Jing Yuan summoned Kiana and the others to his side.

"May I ask what business this young lady from the Starry Sky Train has come to my Divine Strategy Palace to report, and who are these two...?"

"These two are my old friends. They have come to the Immortal Ship for some special reasons and have come here to report to the General. The blond man is named Otto, and the other man is Kevin. These two are the General of the Luofu Immortal Ship, and also the highest leader of this Immortal Ship—Jing Yuan."

Upon hearing this, Jing Yuan laughed and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care.

"Just now, Fu Qing and I were talking about how an unknown force on the Immortal Ship sent several unidentified people there. I didn't expect that Miss Kiana would bring two of them here the next moment. It's quite a coincidence."

"Two of them?" Kiana grasped the key point. "Does the general mean that there were more than just the two of them who came to the Celestial Ship?"

"Indeed, according to Fu Qing's divination, there are a total of five people who have come to the Immortal Ship, including these two gentlemen. Since two of them are old acquaintances of Miss Kiana, let's assume for now that the other three have no ill intentions towards the Immortal Ship. We'll have to wait until the Cloud Cavalry finds those three before we can discuss the specifics."

Then Jingyuan changed the subject.

"However, I also have a question for this Mr. Alto."

With a smile on his face, Alto said, "General, please ask whatever you need to know. I, Alto, will answer every question."

"It's very simple. Some time ago, a merchant arrived at the Immortal Ship in his own flying vehicle. Not long after, the Immortal Ship experienced a star core crisis. The merchant's appearance is exactly the same as Mr. Otto's, and the registered name is Rakshasa. I wonder what Mr. Otto has to say about this?"

“Rakshasa!” Otto revealed a hint of nostalgia. “To be honest, I used the name Rakshasa back in my hometown, but that was almost five hundred years ago. As for that person’s appearance being identical to mine, since the Immortal Ship is a cosmic civilization, I presume the General is also aware of the matter of parallel isomorphs?”

Upon hearing this, Jingyuan understood the relationship between Alto and Luocha. In that case, could he deduce some clues about Luocha from Alto?

"Since Alto and that Rakshasa are related as one entity, do you think there's something wrong with that Rakshasa?"

Otto smiled insincerely and said, "General, you're really in a hurry. Is it really necessary to be so blunt?"

"Hehe, I'd better not test someone as clever as Mr. Alto."

"To be honest, I don't know."

As he spoke, Otto used the power of the Void Treasury to create a set of chairs for everyone to sit on, and a wine glass filled with red wine appeared in his hand at some point.

"Although I don't consider Alto a good person, and that's certainly true. But how can you arbitrarily infer another person's personality and behavior based on their character and style?"

Jingyuan naturally understood what Otto said. Although he didn't get any valuable clues out of him, Jingyuan simply stopped talking about the topic.

"I have already shared the information of the two of you with the Cloud Cavalry. As for the members of the Starry Sky Train, do you need me to relay the message?"

"That won't be necessary. I will naturally convey the details to them, so there's no need for the general to worry about it."

If Jingyuan tells them this, what's the point?

After speaking, Kiana and the others left the Shence Mansion.

At that moment, Kiana also remembered Otto's words before he died.

"Someday in the future, Kiana, you will travel through space aboard a vessel called the Star Train, and meet me again in a place called the Celestial Ship. When you do, please convey a message to that other me..."

"Alto, I remember now. Before you died, you asked me to pass on a message to you."

"My past self? So this is also part of a time loop?" Alto murmured. "Tell me."

“He said, ‘Your guess is correct, and the reason He took you to the future is simply to let you confirm that correct answer.’”

After hearing this, Otto smiled sincerely: "Kiana, thank you for bringing me such important information. Although I know you no longer trust me, I still assure you that I, Otto Apocalypse, will never betray you in the future!"

Kiana felt a chill run down her spine at Otto's sincere words.

Kiana quickly changed the subject to get rid of this feeling.

"Speaking of which, now that you're here, Kevin, why didn't you say anything back then?"

"For me, it is enough that humanity will defeat the Honkai in the future, and the conditions He gave me were already fulfilled before I came here."

Kevin's hands were clenched tightly and his body was trembling slightly; clearly, Kevin was not at peace.

"Kevin, do you already know that Gretchen is still alive?" Kiana asked cautiously.

"Gresh...is still alive?"

"Is not it?"

Kevin shook his head; clearly, the condition proposed by the Unified Will was not information that Gretchen was still alive.

"Okay, do you need me to explain briefly?"

Kevin took a deep breath to calm himself down, then gestured for Kiana to continue.

"That was not long after we defeated the Honkai. For some reason, the class leader, Fu Hua, got involved in an incident on a dwarf planet in the outer solar system. There, she found the wreckage of an ark made by a previous civilization and Gretchen sleeping in a slumber chamber."

"wreckage?"

"Well, according to the squad leader's report afterward, it all started when the survivors of the Venus civilization, the second planet of the solar system, captured an ark that was traveling on the edge of the solar system at the time, with the aim of using the genes on the ark to rebuild the Venus civilization. With the help of Su, a predecessor of the previous civilization, the squad leader came to that dwarf planet in the form of a projection. With the efforts of the local residents, they finally prevented a world-ending crisis, and Gretchen decided to stay there to lead the people."

"So, the Ark Project succeeded in another form? And what happened to Su?"

"You could say that. As for Senior Su, according to him, he ascended to a higher dimension after passing on the Sumeru Mustard Seed to my sister. His only connection with the lower-dimensional world was his companions from the previous civilization, but now that connection is about to be completely severed. Even the communication across the solar system is a power left behind by Senior Su."

"Really? It's good that he's still alive."

After saying that, Kevin fell silent.

"Sister...? It seems she's remembered who she is in the future, hasn't she?"

"What does this have to do with you? Anyway, you're so smart, you must have already guessed this, right?"

Alto, who had been choked, remained calm and didn't say anything more. The three of them fell silent for a moment.

Suddenly a voice rang out beside the three of them.