Collapse, survive

Dan Heng couldn't stand it any longer, so he stepped forward and stabbed Yun accurately with each blow, eliciting screams of agony.

"We're family, we won't fight, we're family, ah—!"

It is deeply moving and melodious.

After venting his anger, March 7th looked mercilessly at Sangbo, who was lying on the ground with his butt sticking out. His eyes twitched, and he stood on his high point with his hands on his hips, scolding, "What are you doing here, you wanted criminal?"

Surely they weren't driven to desperation by changes in the situation?

Hahahaha...

On March 7th, I suddenly didn't want to laugh anymore.

"I just wanted to say..."

Sambo sighed repeatedly, his voice filled with resentment.

"Sambo would never let his friends who helped him suffer. As soon as he heard that you all seemed to have made a small mistake and been harmed by a villain, he immediately rushed over to help."

"Tell the truth, or I'll have Ah Xing continue beating you up."

Not only was March 7th standing with her hands on her hips, but the Star Core Spirit beside her was also holding a baseball bat high, mercilessly repeating:

"I'll beat you up."

"Hey, hey, hey, stop hitting me! I'll tell you the truth: I have a road here. It's risky, but the profit is huge. Fortune favors the bold. Who am I, Old Sambo? I'm fearless and have guts. After it's done, I'll split the profits with the lower-level Earth Fire. You get 30%, I get 70%. Your 30% is a small amount, my 70% is the real deal. My principle is that everyone should have food to eat..."

Listening to Sangbo's incoherent ramblings, March 7th thought, "What's with all this 'three' and 'seven' stuff? What are you implying?" Ah Xing thought, "I'll beat him up!"

Receiving the signal, the Star Core Spirit also prepared to attack without mercy.

This is what a cool and beautiful girl group looks like.

Fortunately-

"Lower district?"

Dan Heng's eyes sharpened. Wasn't this too much of a coincidence? They had just gotten into trouble in the upper district of Belloborg and were advised to seek refuge in the lower district, while Sambo...

That was such a coincidence.

What is your relationship with Fang Jie?

The clouds cast long shadows, and his face, looming high above, was also filled with shadow lines, giving him a commanding presence.

"Who?"

Sambo's voice stopped abruptly, and Jiyun was already aimed at his...buttocks.

"No, no, no, don't be so tense, my friend. Old Sambo can't take this. This time you definitely won't hold back. I'll confess, I'll confess everything..."

He became anxious, his voice trembling with tears.

"For the last time, state your identity and purpose."

Dan Heng was extremely indifferent.

“My name is Sambo, Sambokoski. I’ve already introduced my name before. As for my identity… well, actually, I used to be the Masked Fool.”

Sangbo spoke hesitantly, as if shy and embarrassed.

"..."

This left Dan Heng speechless, and even San Yueqi was so startled that he dropped his bow.

She suddenly realized: "Oh, so you're a masked fool? That makes sense, that makes sense!"

I kill you!

—Eat!

She picked up the bow and immediately used the bowstring to strangle Sambo's neck, using all the strength she had when she drank milk tea, forcing Sambo to open his mouth, close his eyes, and stick out his tongue...

It looks like it.

Star Core Spirit was greatly shocked. March 7th is so cold, so cold, so cool. So this is what a beautiful girl you are. You are a cool duo all by yourself.

Jepard remained expressionless; he was no longer the Iron Guard, he simply watched.

Dan Heng felt very tired, but still explained, "There is a reason for this. The Masked Fools are some, some... believers of [Pleasure], fanatical worshippers of the star god [Aha], who pursue the ultimate pleasure and will do anything to obtain it."

Therefore, it's entirely understandable that these guys have an unusual fascination with the Star Train.

After all, why didn't the [Joyful] [Aha] hide his history of secretly becoming a mortal, boarding the Star Train, and lying low for a full year before seizing the opportunity to blow up half of the train as an anonymous passenger? To this day, he still holds the title of the worst anonymous passenger on the train in Pam's eyes.

"In short, they're a bunch of weirdos... The train conductor kept reminding us to be careful, and that if we encountered them, we should just poke their butts with whatever we had on hand."

The super-loud educational star on March 7th didn't even bother to correct her for not kicking people's butts; using this trick on the Masked Fool was definitely the right thing to do.

"I remember!"

Xing's eyes shone brightly, making Sambo's scalp tingle.

"No, at least let me go. Old Sambo is already a pitiful man whose mask has been stolen, and he can only be a lousy businessman. He's just going to spend his retirement on this planet. Go find the next fool."

Dan Heng didn't care and just kept pressing, "You still haven't told me everything about Fang Jie. Tell me and I'll give you a quick death."

"No, family, I really came to help you. You want to go to the lower district, right? I can show you the way, a safe route that Old Sambo has taken many times."

"Enough nonsense! Tell me—is Fang Jie also a masked fool?"

"But I really don't know... who is Fang Jie?"

Sambo looked like he was about to cry. The down-on-his-luck Masked Fool being persecuted by the Nameless Guest was something that anyone would be happy to see.

If it is true.

Dan Heng must remain vigilant, especially against the Masked Fool!

March 7th also helped with the torture: "Will you confess? Will you confess? Will you confess?!"

"Ah cough cough cough cough..."

You're choking me, I can't breathe...

Sambo struggled to block the bat, and with his tongue lolling out, he finally managed to shout, "He's not, he's definitely not the Masked Fool! If he tells you that, then he must be an imposter!"

"No, Fang Jie only said he wanted to be an anonymous guest."

March 7th got tired and let go, signaling Star Core Essence to continue.

Xing puts down his baseball bat and picks up his bow...

So that's how you use a bow.

See if I can't tighten my noose around your neck.

"Uh-"

She is stronger than March 7th.

Sambo pounded the ground, begging for mercy: "Stop, stop... Anyone, anyone can want to be an anonymous guest, old Sambo wants to too, this... no problem."

"You'd better stop thinking about it. Tell me, what's the problem?"

Danheng remained indifferent, even to Jepard.

He then realized that this notorious thief and wanted criminal from Belleburg was actually an extraterrestrial being, the Masked Fool.

He didn't need to know too much about what the Masked Fool was, but he knew Sambo was even more suspicious.

"How do you think I know... Well, I really do know, but I'm afraid you won't believe me if I tell you."

Sambo looked utterly unlucky and said dejectedly:

"That guy calls himself [Fang Jie], right? He even told you he wants to become the Nameless Guest. That's good, really, anyone can want to be the Nameless Guest. But based on my chance encounter, a chance outing while shopping, it was a galactic miracle that even Old Sambo had never seen. I saw the way that kid crawled out. Holy crap, he might very well be a... [Void] Blood Sin Spirit."

Looking like he was about to be strangled by Xing, Sangbo was quite decisive and said something that silenced Dan Heng again.

Xing continued to strangle him, but the child couldn't understand.

It had to be March 7th: "Ah? You masked fool, you still want to fool the clever and lovely little March? The train conductor was right after all, we must teach you masked fools a lesson."

"Spare me!!"

Dan Heng fell into a long silence.

……

……

"Ah che-"

Fang Jie, who wasn't in a hurry to go to the lower area, suddenly felt an itch in his nose and sneezed.

"Who's talking about me? It must be them again. I'll remember this grudge."

He was still in the Goethe Hotel, reading a book—"The Ancient Martial Arts of Belobello".

It's not just a book that references games, or at least not entirely. Besides recording the profound meanings of up, down, down, left, right, left, and right, it also explains in detail how to use power and cultivate martial arts.

Just as Belloberg's automatons can be traced back to the mining technology of the company's builders in the old civilization era, this martial art can be traced back to the genetic martial arts of the Immortal Ship.

His skill level is so high that he can participate in the Starry Sky Martial Arts Ceremony on the Immortal Ship and compete on the same stage as Jing Yuan.

Of course, that contestant had already altered his body beyond recognition, with various dangerous prosthetic implants from the company to enhance it, but even so, it was almost impossible for him to win the championship.

Overall, Fang Jie gained a lot from the experience; how can you become stronger without learning?

Well, it's not necessarily true.

There was still a bell in the room. She sat in the corner with a sinister aura, glaring fiercely at Fang Jie with an aura of "I'll scare you to death".

"Don't keep staring at me like that. I bought some suncakes. Do you want to try some? They're very sweet."

"I tasted it, don't you have a sense of taste? Is it 'very sweet'?"

Ling glared fiercely.

Okay, this is a bit too sweet. As the signature snack of the Sun Festival, Sun Mooncake is a well-known dish in every household in Belleburg. Its sweetness is so intense that even the Seventh Day of the Third Lunar Month finds it hard to accept.

"Then I'll eat it, so as not to waste it."

Fang Jie thought it was alright, so he simply took Ling's copy and wolfed it down while continuing to read.

The book "Beloberg Ancient Martial Arts" solemnly explains the following view: the most basic operating mechanism of the human body can actually generate energy out of thin air, an endless source of energy.

The human body is truly amazing.

However, Fang Jie believes that, given the book's tattered condition, many people probably wouldn't believe it, but he does.

After all, they are from the Immortal Ship...

However, there is a follow-up to this viewpoint: this energy is a fixed amount per unit of time, and in most cases it can only satisfy the low-level activities of life, and cannot support the long-term and intense consumption of life.

At the same time, life grows, and the energy it needs will always be greater than the energy it receives, so it will seek energy from the outside to increase its own energy.

The essence of exercise is the expansion of life and the taking from the outside world.

Once you understand this 'principle', the rest of the book is all about techniques, such as left hooks, right hooks, how to adapt to a certain type of implanted prosthetic enhancement, and how to identify and consume minerals, metals, and other materials of destiny.

"It's quite interesting, and it suits me quite well. With the implantation of a prosthetic body, I can just think of this part of my body as a prosthetic body."

In the galaxy, those who walk the path of destiny are ultimately a minority, or rather, the vast majority of people are unaware that they are walking on the path of destiny, acting blindly, passively, and following their instincts.

For example, the three major calamities of the universe: the insect swarm, the legion, and the bountiful people.

Are they walking on a path of destiny?

Of course it counts.

But do they tell fortunes of wandering travelers?

Hard to say.

Fang Jie abandoned the deep contemplation of this kind of 'Tao' and was not in a hurry for the moment. What he needed right now was to enrich his skills at the level of 'technique'.

Because of Jizo's Soul, he is extremely efficient at enriching his abilities.

From the many odds and ends on the table, Fang Jie took out a fragment, a part from an automaton—a monomolecular sawtooth.

He forgot how the Star Core Spirit knocked it off, but he casually put it away and is now examining and comparing it closely.

"Slightly stronger than my knife, but not by much."

Refers to the composite knife willow leaf.

The material itself, processed by the process, can easily cut into the gaps in the molecules with a single-molecule knife. However, the material enhanced by the Honkai energy is no less impressive. They all involve the construction of 'fields' to constrain particles, leading to high-frequency knives, chainsaw swords, particle beam weapons, and so on.