"Sam, Blade..."
As Ilu looked down at the photos and names on the Express tickets, which were completely unrelated, her expression suddenly became strange which she nearly broke her nervous expression. Fortunately, she concealed her emotions, so Kafka and Silver Wolf outside could not see her face.
Well... anyway, it's a good thing they didn't fight.
If she had conflicted with them just now, she doesn't know how it would have ended.
Maybe the Doomsday Beast didn't demolish the space station, but they did. In that case, Nanook would probably be overjoyed.
"Okay, I believe you are the crew of the Astral Express."
Although she knew that the two Express tickets were forged by Silver Wolf, Ilu did not expose their plan.
After pretending to flip through them for a moment, she returned the tickets to Silver Wolf.
"I will go to the main control section to help deal with the enemy's invasion next. You don't have to follow me. You can decide your own itinerary."
...
At the same time, in the real world, after the Trailblazer woke up and had a lengthy conversation with the members of the Express crew, Jiahun was finally able to control the protagonist and move freely in the space station.
Before she had walked far, a soldier of the Anti-Matter Legion, Baryon, appeared in front of her.
Let me try the blade first... oh no, the stick!
Eager to experiment, she controlled the Trailblazer to rush forward and hit Baryon with a stick, entering battle while exploiting his weakness.
"Wow, the protagonist's baseball bat feels great!"
Seeing the gray-haired girl effortlessly knock down the monsters blocking her path with the stick, Jiahun couldn't help but praise her.
Initially, she intended to follow the main storyline and head to the elevator for the main control cabin, but several nearby monsters had not yet been cleared. With these monsters flying around in the corridor, she felt an overwhelming urge to flatten them.
Jiahun was the type of person who acted on her impulses, so she ignored the main storyline guidance and charged toward the monsters.
While battling, she occasionally glanced at the livestream, which was filled with comments urging her not to deviate from the route and to join March 7th, Dan Heng, and the others in fighting monsters.
[Jianhun is too slow; others have already defeated the Doomsday Beast while she is still messing around here.]
[Don't get lost; you don't have to fight these monsters—just head straight to the elevator.]
[If you keep delaying like this, everyone will leave.]
Perhaps due to the slow progression of the plot, the popularity of her livestream began to decline gradually.
Seeing the barrage of comments urging her on, Jiahun realized she needed to get to the point, or the audience might lose interest.
"Wait a moment; I'll kill this last monster and then focus on the main story..."
Just as Jiahun controlled the protagonist to walk around the corner of the corridor and defeated the last monster, she suddenly noticed a large area of broken limbs belonging to Voidrangers on the ground nearby, frost clinging to their surfaces as if they had perished from some ultra-low temperature weapon.
"This is..."
As she observed the scene before her, Jiahun blinked in confusion. She controlled the protagonist to approach and noticed a white light flashing on the wreckage of one of the Voidrangers, indicating an interaction opportunity.
"Hey, it seems we can interact something."
Curious, Jiahun clicked the mouse, and a prompt popped up on the screen:
[You picked up the fragments of memory.]
Before Jiahun could react, the screen abruptly went black and then switched to an unfamiliar perspective.
What appeared before her was a running elevator, with Kafka and Silver Wolf inside. They were heading to some location in the containment section.
"Silver Wolf, this is where Herta stores rare items. Even if you see something that interests you, don't touch it."
"Don't worry; Elio said that nothing will happen to us this time. At least our lives won't be in danger."
"The future is a given, but the process is not. You don't want Sam to come with a blade to rescue you from here, do you?"
"Well, the situation shouldn't be that bad..."
As she watched the conversation between the two, Jiahun was not the only one confused; the audience in the livestream was equally dumbfounded.
[Huh?]
[What's going on? Why don't I have this plot?]
[Is this a hidden easter egg?]
"Maybe; let's see what they're doing first..."
Although she didn't know how she had triggered the plot easter egg inexplicably, Jiahun was in no hurry to resume the main storyline. This rhythm suited her just fine.
Soon, as the elevator descended to the bottom floor, her screen displayed a CG animation of a confrontation between the Stellaron Hunter duo and a silver-white mecha knight. From the blue core on the latter's chest, the mantis blade on its arm, and the cold air emanating from its body, Jiahun recognized at once that this mecha knight was the mysterious entity that had just slain the group of Voidrangers.
"By the way, who is this?"
The girl asked curiously, "Do you know him?"
Unfortunately, no one in the livestream answered her question; everyone's attention was captivated by the mecha knight commanding ice and snow.
There was no denying it—this guy was too handsome.
[Fuck! Such a handsome mecha—will it be implemented?]
[I declare that this is my wife.]
[? ? ?]
[But this is a man.]
[Who said that? What if there's a cute girl inside the mecha?]
[It's hilarious. None of the players who participated in the beta test triggered this plot. They all went off to fight the Doomsday Beast.]
[After all, this plot is not in the beta test. It seems to have been added for the public.]
[It's okay; this plot isn't related to the main storyline. It won't make any difference if you come back later.]
"Hmm..."
Taking her eyes off the bullet screen in the livestream, Jiahun refocused on the game.
At this moment, the confrontation between the two sides had ended. The cold and mysterious Silver Knight broke the silence first and addressed the two nervous individuals in front of him:
"You two, are you here to help eliminate these Voidrangers?"
As he finished speaking, several options appeared in the dialogue box in front of Jiahun:
1. We are Nameless of the Astral Express.
2. We are members of the Defense Department.
3. We are Stellaron Hunters.
4. We are the Anti-Matter Legion.
"This... Which one should I choose?"
Looking at the four options before her, Jiahun couldn't help but fall into deep thought.