In the farthest seat of the Astral Express, the elegant white-haired figure was still there, sitting at the table, savoring Himeko's specially brewed coffee.
The coffee concocted by this navigator with her astonishing taste was, from a certain perspective, a terrifying weapon that would make people recoil. But such an object, almost like a writhing chaos, was currently being savored with relish.
Although for Himeko herself, this was quite a delightful thing, for others, it was only shocking—like March 7th, who was currently staring intently at Twilight from behind the sofa.
"March, if you want to look at me, why don't you just sit next to me?"
Twilight smiled at March 7th, her tone gentle. "I don't look that scary, do I?"
"Mmm… how should I put it? Even though I know you're Little Twilight, this current appearance of yours… I really still need some time to get used to it." March 7th blinked her eyes. "Little Twilight was so cute back then, and now not only has she become a mature and beautiful woman, but even her color scheme has changed…"
"After all, this body was like this when it was created back then… Hehe, from this perspective, perhaps it was Dan Heng's aesthetic sense that played a role during the Transmutation Arcanum?" Twilight chuckled good-naturedly, her smiling gaze turning to the Stellaron-infused individual beside her. "But Caelus should already be used to this appearance, right?"
"Should I say I'm used to it or not used to it… Although I knew this day would come, actually seeing someone familiar who is actually another familiar person, this feeling is still very subtle." Although he said it was subtle, Caelus's gaze never left Twilight. "The Dabai I first met who wanted to kill Twilight was actually Twilight herself, and I even…"
Before Caelus could fall into self-doubt, Twilight had already smiled and held his hand, calming his emotions. "You did the right thing, Caelus. If you hadn't cooperated with me back then, I don't know how bad the situation would be now. At least now, everything is joyful for everyone, isn't it?"
"Yeah, and our journey will continue."
The red-haired figure walked into the parlor car with Welt and Dan Heng. "Even with that new scanning device Herta added, no anomalies were detected in the star region around the Express—Lan didn't shoot another arrow at us. We're safe, for now."
"It seems that completely severing causality and resurrecting can indeed bypass bugs like the Hunt." Twilight smiled, also feeling relieved.
Honestly, she was a little worried that as soon as she returned to the Express, she would see Lan's arrow shooting straight at Caelus's back… But now it seemed that this Aeon representing the Hunt wasn't as petty as she had previously thought.
Since this Abundance pancake (referring to herself) was now allowed to exist, why was Lan so insistent on pursuing her before? Was it because when she was born, she used her own body to stuff the Xianzhou elixir too perfectly? And then, after the Hunt's cat shot the arrow and fixed the causality, it couldn't be retracted, so they could only exploit a bug to bypass it…?
But regardless of the specific reason, Twilight wasn't planning to delve deeper at this moment—she had long since had enough of that madness and truly didn't want to think about anything related to It anymore.
"Speaking of which, Uncle Yang, you didn't stay in your hometown…" March 7th's gaze turned to Welt. "I was so worried back then that you would stay on Earth and say goodbye to us."
"Hahaha, well, if it were before, I definitely would have stayed. After all, the Honkai threat still looms over Earth, and I couldn't just leave them." Welt's expression was somewhat wistful. "But now that things are resolved, I also have a youthful heart that yearns for adventure, you know…"
Yes, when they were thrown out of Blue Earth, the Astral Express didn't return to the original Herta Space Station but was placed together with people from other Honkai worlds and sent back to Earth.
At this time, Earth was plagued by Honkai in the seas and an aura of Finality in the sky. With almost all high-end combat power having left Earth, although no new Herrschers had yet emerged to completely wipe out human civilization, Tesla and the others were still struggling hard to resist.
After the Astral Express crew arrived on Earth, they were amazed by such a dire situation and casually solved the problem.
Yes, it was really just casual.
The Honkai, a terrifying power that had plagued Earth for who knows how many cycles, was simply not a problem in front of the current Astral Express crew.
The Cocoon of Finality on the moon was indeed powerful, but in the end, it was only at the level of an Throne Emanator (don't bully me with this info okay? the info today is like that, scale that with Tuna).
And on the Astral Express, which roamed the evil-infested universe, one could casually find temporary passengers like Acheron, who could brutally kill Emanators, Caelus, meticulously selected by multiple Aeons, and Twilight, an Aeon candidate.
A mere Cocoon of Finality was truly nothing compared to an Aeon.
"Isn't it also good to lay down Star Rails and anchors on Earth by the way?" Himeko looked at Twilight, who was sitting there drinking coffee, her eyes smiling so much they were practically blooming. "To achieve such an accomplishment as soon as we came back, Little Twilight is indeed our lucky star."
"However, the world we are going to explore now is also a place that Akivili has never visited."
"A brand new, unknown trailblazing journey? It's so nerve-wracking and exciting—" March 7th excitedly stood up and raised her hands, then completely slumped down, crying playfully, "Just kidding, only excitement, no nervousness at all~ The sense of security Twilight gives is just too strong! As long as an Aeon doesn't come down and fight us, I can't even imagine how we'd get hurt, okay!"
"Thrills and excitement are also part of trailblazing… Hmm, March does have a point."
A slightly mischievous smile tugged at the corners of Twilight's lips. She put down her coffee cup and looked at March 7th with a smile. "We can't deprive you of your fun, March… I've decided, in the trailblazing of the next planet, I won't make a move. If we encounter difficulties, I'll just let you, March, take the lead~"
"Eh? Me protecting Twilight, that seems okay too!" Excitement flashed in March 7th's eyes. "By the way, if I get injured…"
"Then I'll blow up Caelus Pharos." (A pun on the Pharos of Alexandria)
"No no no no no, blowing up the entire planet just because I get injured is too ridiculous!"
"If we can't achieve a perfect no-damage clear, then we blow up the whole field. Isn't that truly thrilling and exciting?"
"That's too much excitement! Wow, Little Twilight, you've become so aggressive now!"
"Perhaps this is what you call human growth~"
The smile on Twilight's face didn't fade. Now, she no longer needed to act cute to gain favor; she could do things as she pleased—she had surpassed her past self, becoming completely Twilight!
However, being able to live so easily was also thanks to the fact that everyone in the Astral Express crew were good kids.
Subconsciously thinking about the suffocating Shuraba (a chaotic and intense situation, often romantic) and the heavy emotional vortex she had felt on Earth before, even someone as formidable as Twilight couldn't help but shiver inwardly.
Terrifying… Too terrifying.
Thankfully, she wasn't the one who had provoked so many lunatics and lovesick fools; otherwise, it would have been a disaster. Part of the reason Twilight had whisked the Astral Express crew away from Earth so quickly was also due to her desire to get away from that terrifying place as soon as possible.
After all, no matter how you put it, it was her former colleagues who were suffering. As a clone sharing the same main body, watching her dear Honkai Impact 3rd counterparts suffer gave Twilight a sense of unease, like phantom limb pain…
As the saying goes, "Fleecing others is fun for a while, but retribution leads to the crematorium." Teasing one person is one thing, but teasing so many people at once, and all of them being heavyweights…
Twilight silently made the sign of the cross for her two seniors in her heart.
Not getting locked in the basement counts as a success.