[The Real World]
Siberian Duck's livestream was still ongoing.
After returning from Rivet Town, they went to find Oleg and prepared to head to the Mechanical Settlement.
Following the quest guidance to the entrance of the Great Mine Area, they ran into Hook and Sampo there.
Sampo was the guide arranged by Oleg, but… Sampo's constantly yawning, utterly exhausted state was honestly worrying.
"Hahahahaha! Poor Sampo, he's so pitiful, sleepy to death, sleepy to death!" Siberian Duck let out a merciless laugh.
[Dan-heart Eternal: What can I say? I can only say, Sampo also did not sleep.]
[Wind-Boy Solo-Stan: Because of Nero, Sampo didn't sleep all night, and now he's completely wiped.]
[Aha's Messenger: Sampo! Sampo, how can you be like this, Sampo! Hurry up and go, get out of my sight, get out of my computer, don't die inside my computer!]
[Belobog Savage: Old Sampo is really too dedicated! Too dedicated! Even this sleepy he still comes out to work hard. Another day of envying Pitch.]
[Flavored Plank: You want to sleep everywhere too, don't you?]
The story continued. Everyone arrived in front of the iron gate. March's "open sesame" didn't work, and Nero was getting ready to just tear the door down.
But Sampo stopped him.
"Nero is as straightforward as ever. Can't find the way on the space station? Tear down the wall. Can't get through the door in the Mechanical Settlement? Take the door off!" Siberian Duck sighed with emotion.
[Royal Straight Flush: After all, he's the Immortal. How could he be graceful? And judging from the official art they released earlier just to mess with people, Nero's weapon is also heavy and solid, basically a wide-bladed greatsword as wide as a door panel.]
[Aha's Messenger: Nero: "Stand aside, I'll take the field and tear this door down!" Sampo (hugging Nero's leg): "Wrong, bro, wrong! Little ancestor, take it easy, Old Sampo doesn't want to die here!"]
[Kuru-Kuru: True. Nero really is different from the traditional cold, aloof, elegant sword immortal type. He's lively and active, approachable, and a bit goofy. In combat, it's more shocking than graceful, there's a kind of beauty in facing a thousand troops head-on, one man holding back ten thousand.]
[I Don't Know My Name: Yanqing, what do you think?]
[Genius Youth: Yanqing: I believe Nero's swordsmanship carries a realm of returning to simplicity. Every move, every strike is proper and precise. Although it's just an ordinary jump cleave, it lets one see the myriad sword intents within. If I ever get the chance, I must spar with him.]
Siberian Duck glanced at the comments and laughed. "Two young sword immortals from the Xianzhou, walking different paths, huh? In a regular novel, this would definitely come with a destined-rivals setup."
[Nero's Sword: But put on these two characters, aside from sparring, I really can't imagine what they'd fight over. It might end up being a harmonious senior-junior brothers script.]
In the following story, according to Sampo's suggestion, everyone went to find robots to obtain certification.
Then, while obtaining the second certification, they got scolded by a traffic light.
The moment she was scolded, Siberian Duck froze completely, almost not believing her own eyes.
Right after that, she blurted out, "Damn it!"
Then she laughed out of sheer anger. "No, wait… hey… you traffic light, I… tsk… I just got scolded by a traffic light, brothers!"
[Aha's Messenger: Hahahahaha!]
[Siberian Little Black Duck: All I can say is, it scolded well.]
[Siberian Duck Assistant: Agreed. After all, it can't be just us getting scolded!]
[Nero Is My Dad: Its attack power can't compare to Nero, but its trash-talking level is far beyond Nero.]
[I Use Pantene: Didn't Nero also curse the drifters before with things like garbage and scraps?]
[My Pee Is Yellow: You don't know shit. Does that feel the same to you? This traffic light's insults are pure mockery. Nero's kind actually feels kind of nice to listen to.]
[KHKHKIH: Still gotta be you.]
After that, it reached the scene where the traffic light's brain hole opened up. Seeing this, Siberian Duck repeatedly exclaimed how satisfying it was.
[Herta Fan Support Club: Nero made the robot that scolded you open its brain hole, hurry up and say thank you to Nero.]
[Aha's Messenger: Thank you, Nero.]
[Nero Is My Dad: Thank you, Dad.]
[Kuru-Kuru: Alright, alright, acknowledging a fish as your father, I'm willing to put you on the same level as Yellow Pee Bro!]
After obtaining the certification, everyone opened the iron gate. Unexpectedly, there was another door behind it.
And this door required Clara's certification.
With no other choice, after asking about Clara's whereabouts, everyone had to go back to Rivet Town again to look for her.
This time, though, they didn't need to follow the map. In the game footage, following the quest progression, this step directly jumped to Rivet Town, skipping the travel process.
After following the quest markers through Rivet Town for a while, everyone saw the scrapped Perkins.
Then, from Perkins, they learned that Clara was in danger.
After confirming the location, Nero relied on his speed and went to save her first.
In the game footage, Nero turned into a streak of cyan light and vanished at extreme speed, then immediately entered a cutscene.
In the cutscene, Nero stepped on the Wind Sword and quickly arrived at the workshop, where he saw Clara surrounded by the Flamespawn.
Immediately after, the screen shattered, and the battle began.
"Holy crap, I can trial Nero again!"
Upon entering combat, Siberian Duck let out a shout on the spot. This battle was a 1v1, with Nero facing the Flamespawn.
Just like the previous trial, Nero's ultimate was locked, and his HP and level were also marked as "???".
But Siberian Duck still noticed something different.
"Brothers, it feels like they changed some things!"
After opening the panel details, Siberian Duck discovered that Nero's skill names had undergone some small changes.
The basic attack was renamed to "My Bestowed Sword Art: Strutting Through the Streets," and the skill became "My Bestowed Sword Art: Sleeves Cleansed by the Wind."
And some viewers who progressed through the story faster said at this moment:
[Blazing Wind Snow: The change in skill names is a small thing, the skill effects also changed.]
Seeing this comment, Siberian Duck asked in surprise, "Really?"
[Blazing Wind: Really.]
[I Really Am Not an Insider: Really! Remember that insider bigshot I mentioned before? I've got some insider gossip here, apparently that bigshot handled most of Nero's work. The in-game model and demonstrations went through several versions, and since the quality was pretty high every time, with the idea of not wasting them, they added them into the story trial.]
[I Use Pantene: Are you really not an insider? How do you know so much?]
[I Really Am Not an Insider: I really am not, bro, believe me!]
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