Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 26 Let's Go!

Perhaps because they had defeated the Doomsday Beast, the people on the Star Train were very popular at the space station.

Welcome, including but not limited to, errand running, helping out, and simulated universe testing.

Originally intending to return to the train, Xing never expected that on the short walk from the Black Tower office to the platform, she would accept three commissioned tasks without hesitation.

Yunzhi stared blankly for a moment.

Can you really be this cheerful while doing work?

Oh, it's because there's a reward...

Xing, what kind of life did you lead before?

Yun Zhi's accent was so pronounced that it became obvious.

Yunzhi didn't want to just leave her at the space station and go off on her own, so he decided to go with her and help out wherever she went.

Be grateful that the First Messenger of the Hunt serves you; it is a great honor.

He turned his head and saw Xing staring at him with a strange expression.

Yun asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

star:……

Zhi, didn't you realize that you seemed to have said what was on your mind just now?

really not?

Judging from Yunzhi's expression, it's true that she doesn't have it.

Does Yun Zhi always have a habit of expressing her inner thoughts through dialogue boxes?

Even if Yunzhi thought this way, it was rare to see it, after all, such chuunibyou-ish thoughts were embarrassing to even think about.

Black Tower, on the other hand, seems to really like expressing herself this way.

Following Xingdong around to complete tasks, Yunzhi earned some Star Dome and Credits. Looking at the excessive amount of equivalent exchange items... or cards in his wallet...

Maybe I really should learn to spend money more wisely?

In the Immortal Ship, he mostly had to use patrol horses to buy what he needed. Later, when he followed Lan, there was no longer any need to buy anything.

Once he joined the Star Train, his money became useless. When Himeko and Welt went shopping, he would give them his wallet and ask them to carry it for him.

March 7th and Danheng almost never borrowed or asked him for money.

So, money really can be saved.

I remember a long time ago, when Genshin Impact players were leveling up and ran out of Mora...

Okay, we still need to be more careful with our spending.

After thinking it over, Xing and Yun finally returned to the Starry Sky Train.

The Star Train remained parked on the platform, quiet and still, its dim lighting making it seem like a ghost train.

Akivili probably never imagined that his train would encounter so many disasters, and that the pioneers would get a bunch of random tasks wherever they went.

I wonder if it was the same when Akivili was still alive.

I once traveled through the Star Train during meditation and met Akivili once, but that was all.

When he boarded the train later, Akivili had disappeared, and even the navigator of the Star Train had been replaced.

Even a star god will eventually disappear.

What about Lan?

If one day he really kills the pharmacist, will he disappear?

"Zhi! What are you daydreaming about?"

A vibrant voice suddenly entered my ears.

Yun was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening and looked ahead.

Xing had somehow walked up to him and was now looking back at him.

The one who called him earlier was March 7th; she was standing at the door of the Starry Sky Train carriage, waving at him.

"Let's go, let's go, the train's about to leave!"

March was urging him to get on the bus.

Himeko walked up behind him and patted him on the shoulder: "You've worked hard. Black Tower is actually quite satisfied."

"She and the other two are satisfied, but if I had known that Lan and [Joy] were coming back, I wouldn't have come."

Himeko: ......

For some reason, I always feel that this sentence is really hard to respond to.

She could only offer a polite smile, a response to Yun Zhi's occasional startling remarks.

Perhaps because Himeko's smile was a little strained, Yunzhi belatedly realized that the words were somewhat sarcastic.

Embarrassed, he coughed lightly: "Let's go, we should get going."

Let's move on to our next destination.

As for those things I was thinking about earlier?

Oh dear, why think so much? You must be incredibly bored to do this.

This is something that should only be considered in the context of "balance." That Star God is just a real brick, moved wherever there's a need.

The key point is that He still moved himself.

During the anti-organic war, the Genius Club's #4, Portakaka, attempted to assassinate Emperor Rupert, but she failed.

It was through the balance of power that He secretly gave the "Silent Lord" a push, enabling him to successfully assassinate the Emperor.

As Yunzhi pondered this period of history, he walked into the train carriage and sat down on the red sofa in the observation car.

Walter was standing nearby. When he saw him coming, he smiled at him.

The tolerance of elders is always comforting—wait, am I older than Walter?

In every sense.

Yun leaned back and closed her eyes.

But then I thought of the concept of "balance".

He tirelessly maintains the balance of the universe, so busy that he wishes he could split himself into fifty or sixty parts.

No, dividing it into fifty or sixty doesn't seem to fit his "balance," right?

I remember a long, long time ago, when he was in another world, people would always tell him things like, "The world is fair, and it always tries to maintain the balance of everything, which is why there are laws of conservation of force and conservation of energy..."

Perhaps Lan appeared because the Pharmacist was too altruistic, causing too much trouble among the people of Abundance, and he no longer wanted to see locust plagues and imperial wars rage across the world...

Yun opened her eyes.

So, how did He view the birth of Lan?

Wait a minute, back then, Lan used the power of the Fire Emperor to shoot an arrow at Jianmu, but failed to sever the divine miracle and instead fell into the abyss. Yunzhi jumped down with her.

The train slowly started moving and soon left the platform, entering its orbit in space.

The journey was smooth, but it still made me feel a little sleepy.

Yunzhi's eyelids started drooping again.

The temperature and lighting in the observation cabin were perfect for sleeping, really.

When things get a little confusing, it's easy to start overthinking when you have some free time.

In that abyss, he seemed to vaguely see something.

What is it?

What exactly is it?