As time passed, thirty seconds quickly went by.
At this moment, everyone present was staring intently at the panel before them, waiting for the correct answer to be revealed.
[Answer... Incorrect. The correct answer is: Entrust the Herrscher core to Bronya.]
The inorganic voice rang in everyone's ears. The moment the panel declared the answer wrong, the train crew members almost simultaneously rushed to Dan Heng's side, looking him over with concern, afraid something might happen to him.
But before anyone could speak, an extremely strong suction force emanated from their panels. When they opened their eyes again, the world around them had undergone earth-shaking changes.
"My goodness, where is this?" Rubbing her eyes, Stelle stood on a snow-covered plateau, her face full of bewilderment.
Where the heck had she been transported to?
"Himeko, Stella, little March, Dan Heng, can you see the messages?"
Just as Stelle was still somewhat disoriented, her panel popped up again, and the messages appeared straight up before her eyes like pop-up windows.
Stelle: "Thanks for asking, currently on a snowy plain, just got off the train."
March 7th: "Hey, don't joke around at a time like this! (╯°□°）╯"
Stelle: "Innocently eating melon 🍉"
She had to say, this panel was quite user-friendly in some aspects - all input methods were synchronized with the owner's phone, even the emojis were identical.
Chuckling as she exchanged emojis with March 7th for a while, Stelle raised her head and cast her gaze toward the distance. There was a towering iron tower reaching into the clouds - the only landmark on this snowy plain.
"Hiss~ The wind here is really strong." Stella chatted with her companions on the panel while walking toward the tower.
Stelle: "By the way, where's Dan Heng? Why hasn't he said anything? He's not really in trouble, is he?"
March7th: "Stelle, don't talk nonsense! @DanHeng@Dan Heng, are you there? If you're there, make a sound. If you're not, then say you're not."
DanHeng: "...You two are really something."
Sitting on the snowy plain, Dan Heng covered his head with one hand and stood up somewhat shakily.
After receiving his unique punishment, Dan Heng now felt dizzy and disoriented, his steps unsteady. "So... this is the kind of punishment..."
[Punishment: Once Dragon Lord power is used, the mind will continuously loop through the Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae as if experiencing it firsthand.]
Looking at the red notice on his panel, Dan Heng stopped trying to mobilize his power.
He had already tried many times just now. As the notice said, whenever he used Cloud-Hymn magic, that bone-deep fear and sense of helplessness would follow.
But to avoid worrying everyone, Dan Heng still forced himself to appear fine and reported his safety to his companions in this train crew chat room that had appeared at some unknown time.
Himeko: "Dan Heng, is there anything seriously wrong with your body?"
DanHeng: "Thank you for your concern. I'm fine. This punishment just reduced my strength somewhat. It's not a problem for now."
He shook his head and staggered toward the distant tower - the meeting point Stelle had mentioned.
Although he wasn't sure if everyone was still in the same space, rather than wandering aimlessly like this, it was better to head to a landmark building and try their luck.
March 7th: "That's good, that's good. Dan Heng, do you know? When you didn't respond just now, you almost scared me to death. I thought... wait."
But just as everyone was chatting while traveling, March 7th seemed to have discovered something.
March 7th: "There are so many corpses here... [Photo]"
Stelle: "Himeko, Dan Heng!"
Stelle: "March, where are you? Get out of there quickly!"
Himeko: "Little March, little March, are you listening?"
DanHeng: "March! March!"
The sudden accident completely caught everyone off guard. After a brief wait, Dan Heng couldn't hold back anymore.
Having just relived Bai Heng's death in the previous punishment, and now before he could recover from those memories, his companion was in trouble again. This directly triggered Dan Heng's reverse scale.
He endured the headache and took to the air directly, unleashing Cloud-Hymn magic at full power. Violent water columns began rampaging indiscriminately, and then...
"Oh, another overconfident ant."
A purple figure appeared before Dan Heng carrying the struggling March 7th.
That's right - the person before him was none other than the Second Herrscher, Sirin.
"Who are you? Let her go!"
"Roar! How dare you speak disrespectfully to God's messenger, ant! Die!"
With a casual wave of her hand, purple portals opened one after another, and countless black-and-yellow Subspace Lances flew out, shooting straight toward Dan Heng.
Of course, as the Dragon Lord, such simple attacks would obviously be difficult to be effective. Dan Heng swept his long spear, and countless water flows formed barriers, easily blocking the girl's offensive... or so it should have been.
"They went through?"
It wasn't an overwhelming difference in power. Dan Heng could clearly feel that the girl before him was inferior to him in terms of energy level, but... this ability was troublesome.
Another Subspace Lance penetrated Cloud-Piercer. Dan Heng retreated explosively, his eyes inevitably showing a trace of gravity.
Fortunately, perhaps the girl before him didn't take March 7th seriously. During the gap in the attack just now, Dan Heng had already rescued her using Cloud-Hymn magic.
"As a human, you're doing quite well." In the sky, Sirin rested her chin on one hand and crossed her legs, looking down at the human before her with amusement.
As the Herrscher of the Void, God's apostle, she didn't think she would be defeated by this strange man with horns on his head, so she was very relaxed, even pleased.
After all, since becoming a Herrscher, her spatial abilities had made her almost invincible.
Those damned researchers were dead, and the Valkyries who aided the tyrant had also died by her hand. Now Sirin felt better than ever.
"Use whatever abilities you have, ant. Consider it entertainment for me," Sirin continued to mock.
Himeko: "Dan Heng, what's happening over there?"
Stelle: "Dan Heng, I can see your water dragon. I'm on my way over now."
The concerned words from his companions on the panel calmed Dan Heng's agitated mind.
"It's fine. I won't let such a tragedy happen a second time," Dan Heng thought to himself, a small smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"March, remember to protect yourself later." Gently placing March 7th back on the ground, Dan Heng now had an idea.
He had already investigated during the previous battle - at least within a ten-mile radius, there were no living ordinary people. So...
Extremely destructive power began to rapidly gather. In the distance, waves that blocked out the sun surged up from underground.
Since ordinary attacks couldn't work, then destroying the opponent along with this entire land would do the trick.