Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

The soft heels clicked softly on the metal floor. Zhou Yuan and March 7th had successfully entered the Black Tower Space Station.

Standing on the platform and gazing out, Zhou Yuan was quite impressed by the sharply defined architecture and the high-tech decor. March 7th, on the other hand, seemed unfazed, immediately fiddling with his phone upon entering.

“Hmm, let me see…” March 7th said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. “Himeko and the others have gone to the main control module. Let’s go over there too. We can also ask Station Master Estella about the current situation of the space station.”

Zhou Yuan naturally had no objection to this.

Halfway there, Zhou Yuan suddenly remembered the image of a pawn in the game.

Having accidentally transmigrated to this world, Zhou Yuan originally planned to obediently work as a logistics staff member on the train, doing odd jobs. However, he unexpectedly received a glance from the Star God, which suddenly gave him the idea of ​​going to the front lines to fight.

You've already become a Pleasure Envoy, yet you're still so timid and hesitant. Wouldn't that make Ahha laugh at you? How can you do that?

But then Zhou Yuan remembered the sharp weapons on the soldiers' bodies.

I don't even know what my own abilities are. What's the difference between this and picking up someone else's gun on the battlefield? What if the bullet veers to the left?

After all, Zhou Yuan knew in his heart that he had obtained this power in an improper way, and what if something went wrong?

We still need to experiment first... Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan immediately made a distressed expression and said to March 7th:

"Um, why don't you go first? My stomach is a little upset."

"Alright... take care of yourself." March 7th said with a strange expression, gave a few words of advice, and then quickly left.

Once they were out of sight, Zhou Yuan easily found a safe area based on his memory.

Zhou Yuan stopped a researcher and asked him where the restroom was.

"Walk to the end of this road, turn left after you exit, and there's a makeshift toilet there, but whatever you do, don't press the button..."

Zhou Yuan successfully displayed an eager demeanor, running over before anyone could finish speaking.

After running about a hundred meters, Zhou Yuan found a toilet.

The toilet was located in a materials room, standing alone and somewhat strangely, but Zhou Yuan didn't think too much about it and plopped down on it. Considering the possibility of being monitored, Zhou Yuan also pulled his pants down halfway.

He then began to observe the patterns on his fingertips, pondering them. To others, Zhou Yuan's behavior seemed like someone who had forgotten their phone while going to the toilet and was idly fiddling with their fingers.

“Praise Aha…” Zhou Yuan chanted devoutly, but there was no response.

“I am pleasure…” Zhou Yuan murmured softly, and all around was silent.

"...Aha, I'm going to work at 8 a.m.

After a series of covert experiments, Zhou Yuan discovered his newfound ability: his defense had increased.

Moreover, this ability seems to be passive, and does not require other conditions to trigger it.

He tried his best but couldn't leave a mark on himself, and he didn't even feel any pain, which is obviously abnormal.

But... it doesn't seem to be enough!

"Don't joke around, Brother Aha..." Zhou Yuan felt that his ability was a bit too ridiculous. If Aha's blessing was only this, then he might as well stay in the car.

With his right hand over his forehead, Zhou Yuan pondered, "This is the power of the messenger? No way... It must be Ahagan's doing! He's playing me! He's a treasure!"

While affectionately greeting Aha, Zhou Yuan snapped out of his daze and angrily pressed the flush button with his left hand. He had made up his mind; he was going to keep his boast, no matter what!

"I'll borrow some high-tech weapons from the clerk later... I'm going to be a sniper!"

Suddenly, a huge suction force came from below. Before Zhou Yuan could react, his vision blurred and his surroundings changed.

"Uh, Zhou... Zhou Yuan? What are you doing here?"

A surprised voice came from ahead. Zhou Yuan swallowed hard and slowly raised his head until he could finally see clearly. March 7, holding a longbow, was standing side by side with Dan Heng. She stared at Zhou Yuan with a look of astonishment.

A person deep in thought on the toilet is suddenly teleported onto your face; anyone who comes across this would be dumbfounded.

Finished!

"I...uh...uh..." Zhou Yuan froze. Faced with this situation, even his thick skin couldn't hold up, and he stammered for a long time without being able to speak.

He subtly pulled up his pants, his face flushed, and explained:

"I see the situation is urgent, and we can't afford to waste even a moment, you see..."

However, before Zhou Yuan could finish speaking, San Yueqi's expression suddenly turned serious.

"Watch out!" she whispered, stepping forward and pointing at Zhou Yuan. A beam of light flashed in her palm as an ice crystal shot towards Zhou Yuan.

"Ok?"

Seeing this, Zhou Yuan instinctively tried to dodge. But then he heard an explosion beside him, and a force knocked him off balance, causing him to collide with the ice crystals.

In an instant, the ice crystals melted like water, spreading out from Zhou Yuan's chest and transforming into a layer of white ice armor within seconds, enveloping most of Zhou Yuan's torso.

"It was a shield, that startled me."

Zhou Yuan quickly realized what was going on, turned around and saw two pawns standing there, one of them holding a cannon that was still slowly emitting smoke.

Damn it... Zhou Yuan couldn't care less about anything else and retreated to the side of March 7 and Dan Heng.

"Zhou Yuan, are you alright? Is your head okay?" March 7th asked.

"I was just bombarded?" Zhou Yuan asked gravely, scratching the back of his head and shaking his head.

"fine."

On March 7th, his gaze returned to the two illusory soldiers, his expression cold and stern. He placed his right hand on the bowstring and slowly drew it back, conjuring two ice arrows:

"Danheng, get ready to go."

"Hmm." Dan Heng nodded, and with a flash of golden light, a long spear appeared in his hand.

Swish!Swish!

Two icy arrows, radiating a chilling aura, shot out, and Dan Heng followed up with his attack.

The ice arrow struck, and frost immediately spread, freezing the illusory soldiers in the blink of an eye. As they struggled, a long spear was already upon them.

Dan Heng suddenly stopped, his spear flashing out like a dragon, creating a whooshing sound as it pierced through the air from a tricky angle, piercing through both of the feints at the same time!

He swiftly retreated, and with a flick of his wrist, Dan Heng shook off all the dust and powder from his spear.

After being pierced, the two illusory soldiers lost their life force and exploded one after the other.

The illusory soldier's body parts clattered and fell to the ground. Zhou Yuan's gaze quickly shifted from Dan Heng's spear because he discovered that the illusory soldier's cannon had not self-destructed!

Isn't this a long-range attack? It's like a pillow being delivered when you're sleepy... After realizing that he had just been hit in the head by a cannon but was unharmed, Zhou Yuan had a new understanding of his defensive capabilities, so he was quite bold and went straight forward to pick up the cannon.

The muzzle resembles a budding flower, and the entire cannon is black and quite heavy. The overall structure is not much different from what Zhou Yuan remembered.

"Can I keep this?" Zhou Yuan asked the two of them.

"Uh, I don't understand this. Danheng, why don't you go take a look?" Sanyueqi said, scratching his head.

Dan Heng stepped forward to examine it and said:

"The modified imaginary cannon works perfectly; you can keep it if you want."

“Unfortunately, the shells are specially made,” Dan Heng rummaged through the fragments of the illusory pawns for a while, then handed two cylindrical objects to Zhou Yuan. “These are the shells. Just put them into the gun compartment and you can use them.”

The projectile has a double helix structure, which restrains the energy ball at the center. Zhou Yuan quickly recognized its appearance.

This is just upgrading materials... So that's how it's used?

Zhou Yuan, dressed in a train crew uniform, carried an imaginary cannon in one hand, looking somewhat out of place, but he didn't care at all.

"Where is this?" Zhou Yuan asked, trying to avoid drawing their attention back to the toilet.

“Containment module,” March 7 explained. “Danheng and I just received the coordinates of the wounded and were planning to go check on them.”

"I see... I'll go." Zhou Yuan, having grasped the key information, volunteered.

"Are you alone?" March 7 instinctively wanted to refuse. According to Estella, the surveillance cameras in most areas of the containment chamber had inexplicably malfunctioned, and the situation inside was currently unknown and extremely dangerous.

But thinking of Zhou Yuan's defensive strength just now, she felt relieved: "Alright, anyway, the Great Lord of Annihilation isn't nearby. Just be careful. Let's go check out the other sections."

After obtaining the coordinates, Zhou Yuan parted ways with the two.

Halfway there, he took the initiative to practice with some fake pawns, testing the newly acquired imaginary cannon, and also verifying his terrifying defensive power once again. The fake pawns couldn't break through his defense at all!

"Aha, it seems I misunderstood you."

He quickened his pace again.

In a secluded room within the artifact containment chamber, a girl with turbocharged silver hair popped a piece of chewing gum, looked at the person before her, and said:

"Let's do it, Kafka."

The woman named Kafka remained silent for a moment:

"Silver Wolf, tell me, are we right or wrong in what we're doing?"

“Before the system even existed, Elio’s script disappeared, and everything that will happen in the future is unpredictable.” The girl, Silver Wolf, shook her head. “So, I don’t know.”

“But at least, the direction is right.” Kafka’s gaze hardened as she gently pressed the star core in her hand into someone’s chest.

“Oh right, I forgot to remind you,” Silver Wolf tapped on a projection screen, on which was Zhou Yuan, “there’s someone coming straight at us. He doesn’t exist in Elio’s original script… and he’s almost here.”

"Then let him in."

......

Inside the main control section, the train crew members successfully reunited.

After listening to the report from March 7th, Walter, sitting on the train with a deep gaze, asked Danheng over the microphone:

Has this phenomenon ever occurred before?

“At least in my memory, no,” Danheng said, somewhat puzzled. “Logically, after the pawn dies, its equipment should self-destruct to ensure that the energy of the destruction is successfully recovered by Nanuk for his use, but the imaginary cannon was left intact.”

"Could he be someone Nanook sent?" Walter couldn't help but wonder.

Over the years, the train crew members have caused Nanook a lot of trouble because of the train malfunctions, so it's reasonable for them to be retaliated against.

Isn't it a bit too obvious to just give away equipment like this?

“Hiss…” Walter left a message on the public channel saying “You guys chat,” then took out coffee beans and ground himself a cup of coffee following Himeko’s method.

"I'm going crazy." He muttered to himself, tilted his head back, and drank the rest of his coffee.

Feeling the domineering taste in his throat, Walter's eyelids trembled, his face contorted, and after holding his breath for a long time, he exhaled a long breath before swallowing it.

He suddenly smiled with relief and spoke to everyone via microphone:

"The Imaginary Cannon must have been an accident."