Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

The group returned to the train with ample resources, and a familiar announcement from Pam came over the loudspeaker in the carriage.

"Thank you for waiting, passengers. We appreciate the great help of the four pioneers. The activity of the rift has been reduced to the lowest level, and the various data of the star track have also become more stable."

"Please get ready, the Star Train is about to depart again!"

Upon hearing this sound, Zhou Yuan put down the star he was carrying on his shoulder.

"Why did you put it down? I'm not asleep yet," Xing complained.

Spanking was out of the question, since the child was already so old and had to save face. So Zhou Yuan decided to punish her by making her carry the Black Tower, but to his surprise, she actually enjoyed it.

According to her own account, she experienced a kind of pleasure from becoming a dead pig.

"You can sleep here." Zhou Yuan pointed to the carriage floor, went to his room to change into a casual gray outfit, slipped on slippers, grabbed a small blanket, and returned with a glass of sparkling water.

He turned on the gramophone, playing soothing music as usual, and sprawled out on the sofa, covered with a blanket. He would occasionally get up to sip his drink, looking quite content.

"Zhou Yuan, would you like to try my newly developed coffee? Drinking too many beverages isn't good for your health." Himeko appeared carrying a cup that emitted a wonderful fragrance.

"Uh, I..." Zhou Yuan subconsciously looked up and around.

Dan Heng was organizing documents. On March 7th, he returned to his room and didn't know what to do. Zhou Yuan's gaze could only fall on Xing in front of him.

“She hasn’t had any yet, Sister Himeko.” Zhou Yuan decisively chose to betray his teammate.

"coffee?"

Hoshino clearly didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. Her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly took the cup from Himeko's hand and sniffed it.

"It smells good." Xing downed the coffee in one gulp.

Under the expectant gazes of Zhou Yuan and Ji Zi, she paused for a few seconds as if her memory had been cut off, then gave a thumbs up: "Wow...delicious."

After returning the cup to Himeko, Hoshino silently turned her back, squatted down, and began to repeatedly bump her head against Zhou Yuan's chest.

"What's wrong, Hoshi?" Himeko asked worriedly.

“I miss my mom,” Xing’s voice trembled with a sob. “She loved coffee too… I wish she could have one more sip.”

"Hoshi... everything will be alright." For a moment, Himeko didn't know how to comfort her.

However, Zhou Yuan had already seen through everything through Xing's violently trembling pupils. He stroked Xing's gray hair with satisfaction and said earnestly:

"Fate is always full of hardships; only by enduring the bitterest of hardships can one rise above others..."

Even after Himeko walked away, the effects of the coffee lingered, and Xing had to give Zhou Yuan a dozen more before he could recover.

She lay down on the sofa, squeezed Zhou Yuan inside, and pulled Zhou Yuan's blanket over herself.

"How old are you? Aren't you ashamed?" Zhou Yuan sighed.

"I'm a minor."

Zhou Yuan turned away and ignored her, his consciousness beginning to drift between sleep and wakefulness. In a daze, Zhou Yang felt something touching him.

Turning to the side, I saw Xing staring intently in a certain direction of the train, fully focused and on guard, constantly reminding himself with one hand.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yuan asked.

"Shh, keep your voice down." Xing pointed to a corner of the train. "Don't let it spot you."

Following the direction she was pointing, Zhou Yuan noticed that a mirror had appeared in the corner of the train, and a human-shaped object was trying to crawl out of the mirror, pushing the mirror into a terrifying arc.

"That's terrifying?"

Zhou Yuan immediately recognized who it was—the messenger from Liuguang Yiting. To his surprise, the messenger's first appearance was so terrifying.

Wait, why can I see her too?

"She must be the ghost Pam was talking about," Xing muttered softly. "This ghost doesn't seem that powerful, so why didn't the pendant I bought in Belleburg work?"

As she spoke, she took out the bud-shaped pendant from her chest and shook it.

She bought this from a stall in the square. It is said to be a symbol of Arilho, the goddess of spring, and can bring luck and blessings to the wearer. So far, it seems to have almost no effect.

"You think you can control the ghosts in outer space with Yalilo's god?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help but say. "It would be more useful to hang up a picture of a star god."

As the two were talking, the messenger broke through the mirror and emerged. Her appearance was almost identical to that in the game, with a light blue mask on her head, like a gas mask.

The messenger emerged from the mirror and stood inside the carriage, his gaze sweeping around before settling on Zhou Yuan and Xing.

"Why does it feel like no one else can see her?" Xing looked around, but no one seemed to notice that there was a "living person" in the car.

"You have a good feeling about it," Zhou Yuan commented.

"She seems to have spotted us! What should we do??" Xing instinctively took a step back, but Zhou Yuan blocked her way.

She glanced back, hesitated briefly, and then deftly took off the Ariello pendant from her neck and handed it to Zhou Yuan.

"If I die, remember to return the goods for me and send me the credits. These things are really expensive!"

"Come on, you won't die." Zhou Yuan returned the pendant to her speechlessly and pulled her to the messenger.

"Hello!" The messenger's tone revealed her friendliness.

Of course, Xing didn't think so. She immediately pulled a baseball bat from her anime pocket and pointed it straight ahead:

"You can leave your name if you come!"

To Zhou Yuan's astonishment, the messenger suddenly clasped his hands in a fist salute: "I am the messenger of Liuguang Yiting!"

Just as Zhou Yuan was in a daze, Xinghe and the messenger suddenly looked over, seemingly waiting for Zhou Yuan to speak.

"Um..." Zhou Yuan said uncertainly, "He's a true tiger general! Should I capture him alive?"

"The Prime Minister has ordered that no arrows be fired, only that the enemy be captured alive!" Xing shouted as soon as he received the order.

"kill!!!"

Then, Zhou Yuan saw the messenger and Xing playing a two-person skit.

"What the hell...?"

After they finished dancing, they both laughed heartily.

Xing was pleasantly surprised: "So you've seen that video too!"

She turned to Zhou Yuan and said, "I think she's a good person."

"Currently...that's true."

Xing's thought process was so unique that Zhou Yuan's "old-fashioned brain" couldn't keep up for a while.

After being exposed to the internet, Xing indeed "evolved," occasionally sending out super-powerful gold.

In her own words, "Before, I was like a caged bird or a fish in a net. With this help, I am like a fish entering the sea or a bird soaring into the sky, no longer bound by cages and nets!"

Zhou Yuan had the same thought as millions of parents: "No, we have to do something about it."

He started working on a brand new single: "Jingyuan, listen to me, today I want to talk to you. You created this network, please, please shut it down..."

He had a premonition that this song, which fully expressed the hardships of parents and the harmful effects of the internet, would become a global sensation.

Shouldn't this be considered promoting pure beauty?