Chapter 162
["But if this place was originally a trash can planet, why would Bronya become the successor to the Supreme Guardian?"
Bronya had the same question: "Right.
Supreme Guardian, why choose me as your successor? I'm not a trash can."
"Because you look exactly like every previous Supreme Guardian."
"You're not joking, are you?"
Sparkle couldn't believe it. The Supreme Guardian was very serious: "Of course not, look!"
"Look! This spiral hairstyle unique to the Supreme Guardian - isn't it exactly the same?"
"And these eyes - undoubtedly, only someone with the qualifications of a Supreme Guardian can possess them!"
Under Ai-chan's incredulous gaze, everyone agreed. Bronya completed her trial, was crowned as the Supreme Guardian, the Sparks went to the next world, and everything ended happily.]
[Kiana]:"So that's what Supreme Guardian qualifications are? I feel our Bronya fits perfectly too!"
[Bronya Zaychik]:(ᗜ ‸ ᗜ)
[Kafka]:"Looking at it this way... our Silver Wolf also has Supreme Guardian qualifications."
[Silver Wolf]:"How is that similar? I don't want anything to do with trash cans! Give it to Stelle instead! (ᗜ ‸ ᗜ)"
[Stelle]:"Hahaha, Bronya Rand! Don't be ungrateful, quickly hand over the position of Supreme Guardian of Trashcan VI!"
[Bronya Rand]:"That's enough, this is Jarilo-VI, not Trashcan Planet, (ᗜ ‸ ᗜ)."
[Using the Supreme Guardian's pass, they proceeded to the next world. Stepping through the portal, what appeared before them was an exceptionally bustling street.
Sparkle looked around at the pedestrians and revealed a sly smile: "It's so lively here, I have a feeling we'll encounter many interesting things, hehe~"
Ai-chan also exclaimed repeatedly: "There are way too many people in this world, right? There are vendors occupying the roads everywhere, pedestrians pushing and shoving, no one maintaining order, and above our heads so many recklessly flying... uh, [starships]?"
"Looks like you're not good at naming things. Well, the ship form can temporarily be called [starships], but if it changed to a train, what would you do then?"]
[Stelle]:"I know this one! The Astral Express!"
[Qingque]:"Aha? No way, they really came to the Luofu?"
[Jing Yuan]:"Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar? Even if it's an illusion, welcome to the Xianzhou."
[Fu Xuan]:"Hmph, I'd like to see what kind of person this 'General Jing Yuan' is in this fool's game."
[While they were chatting and Sparkle was explaining the situation of the Xianzhou to everyone, a starskiff fell from the sky, almost taking out Ai-chan.
During this, the bratty Sparkle kept intensifying the pressure on Ai-chan, teasing her. To understand what was happening, they went to investigate the accident site. The pilot turned out to be an acquaintance. She apologized: "I'm Li Sushang, a starskiff pilot from Golden Alley. I'm really sorry about earlier, good thing no one was hurt, that's fortunate."
To avoid colliding with some speedster, Sushang had no choice but to land here. Vita pointed at two recently collided starskiffs nearby and asked: "Is the traffic here always so... free and unrestrained?"
"Of course not. It's only because recently..."
Sushang seemed to remember something and quickly changed her tune: "...ahem, you're actually right! Our [Luofu] Xianzhou has always advocated... uh, following one's heart."
"Like that?"
Another traffic accident occurred nearby. "...Y-yes. As they say, the sky is vast for ships to fly, the sea is wide for skiffs to leap.
[Follow your heart, live passionately], this is the [Passionate Following] path that Xianzhou people have always followed!"
Sparkle laughed heartily: "How unexpected, this is much more fun than the Luofu I remember! The person who set this governance policy must be an interesting fellow."
"As far as I know, each Xianzhou is led by a general. Is there any way to meet him? I'm sure we'd have plenty to talk about~"]
[Yukong]:"This Xianzhou... starskiff traffic is this free?"
[Sushang]:"This is another me?"
[Li Sushang]:"That's right, it's me."
[Guinaifen]:"Although they look similar, her demeanor seems much smarter than our Shangshang."
[Aha]:""Passionate Following" haha, Lan you blockhead, aren't you going to share your thoughts?"
[Aha]:"Nobody pays attention to Aha, Aha is being ignored, boohoo~"
[Sparkle]:"God of Merriment~ You can fool others, but don't fool yourself~"
[March 7th]:"This Xianzhou, Shangshang's hesitation... could it be something happened to the general?"
[Stelle]:"The general has been murdered, lockdown the entire area!"
[Yanqing]:"No, the general couldn't have had an accident!"
[Although Li Sushang clearly knew something, she couldn't speak due to rules, so she tried to find an excuse to leave quickly. But she was stopped. To escape, she could only play a round of Fool's Card game with them.
Since Li Sushang had already lost, according to the agreement, after making them promise repeatedly not to spread it, she revealed - the general might be missing. "Apparently, the general suddenly left the Divine Commission without leaving any orders or clues, nor designating an acting representative during this period. It's like he vanished into thin air."
"After the general disappeared, to avoid confirming rumors and causing chaos, the Divine Commission recruited many wandering knights like me to blend into various industries throughout the Luofu and discreetly investigate the general's whereabouts."
To find the pass to the next world, they volunteered to join this thousand-person search team.]
[Li Sushang]:"So that's how it is, my identity is this..."
[March 7th]:"Could it be Phantylia's doing?"
[Phantylia]:"Don't make baseless accusations. This kind of low-level chaos has no aesthetic value whatsoever."
[Fu Xuan]:"If the general is missing, who handles all the official duties?"
[Jing Yuan]:"If I'm not here, the only one who can shoulder the responsibility is Fu Qing."
[March 7th]:"I hope Fu Xuan doesn't collapse under the pressure of work."
[Since they joined the search for the general, they began looking for clues among the crowd. Then they encountered Rozaliya and Liliya, who were performing cross-talk here.]
[Lai]:"We actually get to appear today?"
[Wang]:"These two sisters look like our character models. I wonder how their cross-talk performance is."
[They found an interstellar merchant. In Ai-chan's eyes, this merchant using Void Archives' model had a face that attacked her. But even with that aggressively handsome face, he didn't provide a complete answer, so they had to find someone else.
They found Welt Yang next to Void Archives. He proactively revealed that he had clues about the general. Just as he was about to speak, Welt seemed to notice something and immediately chased after it. Sparkle and the others followed too.]
[Honkai: Star Rail - Void Archives]:"Luocha? It seems my identity in this game is that interstellar merchant who brought the Stellaron into the Xianzhou."
[Stelle]:"Shocking! Mr. Yang and Void Archives were so close yet didn't fight. Mr. Yang really has great composure!"
[Honkai: Star Rail - Welt]:"I'm not that lacking in composure either."
[March 7th]:"This is the first character from our Astral Express to appear! Think about what identity Mr. Yang has to know so much about the general's information."
[Silver Wolf]:"He might as well have 'suspicious' written all over his face."