Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

Zhou Yuan turned around and saw a black tower puppet standing behind him, arms crossed, observing him.

She wore a black dress, had gray hair, and a beret. The spheres at her joints clearly indicated her doll-like features, but apart from that, she was no different from a normal person.

A pert nose, red lips, and skin as smooth as cream—everything about her seemed so perfect.

“Ms. Black Tower, you are so beautiful.” Zhou Yuan subconsciously uttered a line from the game.

“Even if you say that, it’s not a reason for you to force your way into my office,” the doll’s face was expressionless, making it impossible for Zhou Yuan to discern his emotions. “So, what are you doing here?”

“I want to experiment with a simulated universe,” Zhou Yuan replied earnestly.

"Simulated Universe?" Black Tower stroked his chin and thought for a few seconds. "You mean the Metaverse, right? But your name is not bad either. Let's call it Simulated Universe."

"But I'm curious, where did you get this information? I haven't told anyone on the space station yet."

Black Tower stood there for a few seconds, seemingly checking some data, before speaking:

"The nameless guest who came with the Starry Sky Train, who isn't even part of the train crew, who exactly are you?"

With a light tap of her finger, a series of surveillance videos were projected in front of her, showing Zhou Yuan's various actions after entering the space station, including footage of him using the toilet.

"..." The feeling of having his box opened in the blink of an eye was not pleasant, but Zhou Yuan still tried to remain calm.

He paused for a moment, then slowly spoke, his tone full of mystery:

"He asked me to do a test."

"He? Who is that?" Black Tower tilted his head in confusion.

“You know I can’t say.”

"Can't say?" Black Tower frowned, countless possibilities flashing through her mind. Then, she pulled out a device from somewhere and scanned Zhou Yuan.

"I never expected you to be His messenger," Black Tower glanced at the instrument, making no attempt to hide his admiration. "Truly remarkable, how did you manage that?"

Because I cursed Him? Zhou Yuan was at a loss for words for the moment, as the reason for being blessed was too outrageous.

Seemingly sensing Zhou Yuan's hesitation, Black Tower waved his hand dismissively:

"Everyone has their own secrets. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine too."

"Since you want to experience a simulated universe, then come in."

With a wave of her hand, the hatch, which Zhou Yuan had been fumbling with for a long time without any response, opened smoothly.

Upon entering, Zhou Yuan immediately noticed the enormous spherical machine in the room, followed by a huge black tower image on one side of the room.

A stunning profile perfectly showcased Black Tower's beauty, but unfortunately, Zhou Yuan kept picturing a bead of sweat on her forehead.

“You don’t look like His messenger,” Black Tower said, noticing the smile on Zhou Yuan’s lips. “Your colleagues are much more polite than you.”

"I just thought of something interesting," Zhou Yuan said after thinking for a moment.

Black Tower shrugged indifferently and pointed to the chair in front of the sphere, saying:

"Go up and lie down. I'll guide you from inside. I guarantee it'll be fun."

Zhou Yuan nodded and prepared step by step. Before starting, he said to the Black Tower:

"A doomsday beast might appear outside the space station later. I hope you will ignore it."

If the Black Tower intervenes, it might just shatter the Doomsday Beast with a single blow. How can the story continue then? How can Xing still receive the glimpse of destruction?

"Hmm? A doomsday beast?" Black Tower retorted. "Why shouldn't I do anything about it? The space station is my private property. Do you expect me to let a doomsday beast run rampant on my turf?"

The downside of summoning the Black Tower ahead of time... Zhou Yuan pondered how to make the Black Tower stand idly by.

He quickly came up with the answer, and said with a wry smile:

"I'm just a gofer; I don't know the details either. It's all His will. But don't worry, the Black Tower space station will only suffer some property damage at most."

Zhou Yuan decided to use the tiger's skin as a banner and shift all the blame to Aha.

What? You have a problem with that? Go find Ahab, it's all His will, would I, as His messenger, lie to you?

What? You dare refuse? Believe me, Aha will come and tell you the truth!

"Is that so? He cares about these things..." The Black Tower, confident enough in its instruments, was certain that the man before it was the Envoy, and therefore had to take his words seriously.

"Okay, I'll reappear once things have settled down. I hope you're not lying to me."

“Oh, how could that be?” Zhou Yuan replied with a smile.

Things went much more smoothly than he expected, prompting him to exclaim, "Aha, you're really impressive! I won't scold you anymore when we meet."

As the machine started, a dazzling light enveloped Zhou Yuan's entire body. He cooperated actively, and his consciousness gradually sank into the machine.

When he opened his eyes again, all he saw was darkness, to the point that Zhou Yuan wondered if he had even opened his eyes at all.

He reached out and touched his eyeballs, confirming that he had opened his eyes, only to find, to his dismay, that he was back in that dark space!

"Black Tower, are you there?"

"..."

There was dead silence all around.

His suspicions were confirmed, and Zhou Yuan felt as if a thousand alpacas were stampeding through his mind. The triggering of this black space seemed completely random; Zhou Yuan had no control over it at all. He reasonably suspected that even if he were asleep, his consciousness would still wander here.

"Why can't I have a normal cheat system? I'd even be willing to accept a stupid system!"

Zhou Yuan inwardly complained for a long time, then resigned himself to his fate and slowly spoke:

"Aha, come out."

As he thought of it, a change occurred, and a stream of energy emerged from Zhou Yuan's mind.

That was Aha, the god of joy, who no longer appeared with golden eyes, but in a more widely known form, a mysterious figure shrouded in thousands of different masks.

The image of Ahah grew larger and larger in Zhou Yuan's mind, constantly getting closer until Zhou Yuan felt that He was about to touch him.

The mask covering Aha's entire body throbbed incessantly, like a heartbeat, making him appear mysterious and eerie, yet he remained completely silent.

He glanced at it a few times, and a mask floated towards Zhou Yuan. Before it could touch Zhou Yuan, the mask suddenly disappeared.

"Is this going to give me new power?" As Zhou Yuan waited expectantly, Aha paused for a few seconds, then turned his head, and his image began to shrink continuously. He was leaving.

No! Why did you run away?

Zhou Yuan was dumbfounded, subconsciously throwing his earlier thought of stopping the cursing out of his mind:

"Aha, I'm going to work at 8 AM!"

The spell was still incredibly powerful. Aha, who had already gone far away, stopped abruptly upon hearing it and then flashed to Zhou Yuan's side like the wind.

Ah's mask had different expressions; some were laughing, some were crying, some were calm, and some were angry. Zhou Yuan couldn't see through his emotions at all, but the amplitude of his mask's movements clearly increased.

“Say something, why aren’t you saying anything?” Zhou Yuan said.

However, Aha remained silent.

Seeing that He remained silent, Zhou Yuan grew a little angry and began to repeat himself.

You used to be perfectly normal, so why are you being so stubborn now?

Aha stood there for a long time without saying a word, then turned around and left, ignoring Zhou Yuan completely.

"No, aha, I *you*￥, you^%+."

Zhou Yuan got anxious and kept spouting witty remarks, but all he got in return was Aha speeding away.

"Grass."

Ahha's figure disappeared into the distance, and he did not reappear despite Zhou Yuan's curses and pleas for mercy.

What's going on... Zhou Yuan didn't understand. The aha who was friendly to him before was now ignoring him and avoiding him like the plague.

"Just because I haven't spread the gospel to the universe?"

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Yuan could only come up with this reason.

Therefore, whether it's to satisfy Aha's needs or to escape from here, Zhou Yuan must try to summon other star gods.

But who can we turn to? Who is so generous to mortals and has the leisure to heed their cries?

After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Yuan decided to change the target of his summons:

"Lan, I'm going to work at 8 AM!"