"In other words, this mecha is really an antique from the Swarm Disaster period?"
Hearing the appraisal result given by Herta, Himeko couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Yes, but it's useless; at least it has no collection value for me."
Herta waved her hand to signal the assistant beside her to pick up the black cloth and cover the silver mecha. Then she turned to look at the Express Crew and said expressionlessly, "If you have been to the Glamoth galaxy, you would see its wreckage everywhere... Of course, the one you picked up is relatively intact, but without the driver, it is useless even if it is intact."
"Is there a possibility that its driver is still alive?"
March 7th whispered quietly from the side. Although her voice was very low, Herta still heard her.
Herta: "..."
Haha, this pink-haired girl is quite humorous.
If the driver of this Iron Cavalry Knight rider is still alive now, I, Herta, will eat this space station on the spot!
Forget it; as a scientific researcher, you still can't be too sure...
After all, there is nothing impossible in this world.
Even if someone told her that the Propagation Aeon Tayzzyronth would be resurrected tomorrow, she wouldn't dare to guarantee that it wouldn't happen.
"Shhh—"
Just then, Herta suddenly heard some strange, subtle sounds coming from behind her and was stunned for a moment.
What's that noise?
Then she noticed the extremely shocked expressions of the Express Crew, including the staff on the scene. They all looked behind her as if they had seen something incredible.
"Could it be..."
Realizing what might have happened, Herta immediately turned around and looked at the research table behind her. She met the eyes of the silver-haired girl, who had half her head sticking out from under the black cloth, and immediately widened her own eyes.
Good grief! In such a big mecha; where did this kid come from?!
"Hi, hello... achoo! It's so cold... achoo!"
Halfway through, Ilu couldn't help but sneeze. The coldness enveloping her had not yet faded, and her delicate body under the black cloth was shivering as she subconsciously huddled up.
Although the people standing in front of Ilu were the genius scientist Herta and the crew from the Astral Express, the girl's mind was a bit confused from just waking up from a coma. She felt that the doll girl in front of her looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere, but she couldn't remember where.
"I didn't expect it to come true. I guess I'd better not swear randomly in the future."
Realizing that the silver-haired girl in front of her was the driver of the Glamoth Iron Cavalry Knight from earlier, Herta's face instantly became strange.
She just doesn't know if it has collection value before, but it is definitely worth researching now...
But before that, she needed to check the girl's body and confirm her physical condition.
Thinking this, Herta waved her hand to signal the Express Crew to leave the laboratory and spoke seriously, "Sorry, please step aside first. I need to do some physical examinations on her next, which is inconvenient for others to witness."
"..."
Hearing this, Dan Heng turned around and left the room expressionlessly, as if he were used to this situation. Welt, who was lost in thought, followed him.
He adjusted the brown frames of his glasses with one hand, muttering something like, "Beautiful Girl and Mecha; it will definitely be very popular if made into an anime, just like Arahato," and followed Dan Heng out of the laboratory.
It was clear that this man had a deep obsession with Arahato.
"Okay, let's go to other compartments of the space station first."
After speaking, Himeko reached out and patted March 7th's shoulder. "Let's go, little March; we'll come back later."
"Yeah!"
The pink-haired girl nodded obediently and followed the other members of the Express Crew out of the laboratory.
As the person who had brought this abandoned Iron Cavalry Knight back to the Express against all odds, March 7th was so happy to see that its driver was actually alive.
She didn't expect that she who was once rescued by the Astral Express would be able to save others in the same way one day... It's a pity that before she had time to take a photo, Ms. Herta drove everyone away with a dark expression; otherwise, she would have definitely taken a picture to record this memorable moment!
Just before the hatch closed, March 7th vaguely heard a burst of exclamations from the room.
"Wait, what are you doing..."
"Ah! No, not there!"
Wow~ Although she knows it's just a physical examination, it sounds so exciting!
"Click—!"
With the corners of her mouth slightly raised unconsciously, March 7th picked up the camera hanging on her waist, pointed it at the closed hatch, and pressed the shutter.
Such an interesting thing still needs to be recorded.
It would be a pity to forget it in the future.
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"Do you remember your name?"
"Ilu."
"Where are you from?"
"Uh, Glamoth Galaxy."
After a two-hour physical examination, Ilu gradually regained her memory before she was frozen into an ice sculpture. She soon recognized that the beautiful doll girl in front of her, with long, smooth light brown hair and a gorgeous black and purple dress, was the member of the Genuis Society #83, the famous Ms. Herta.
She thought she would die with the Swarm King Insect during the mission to assassinate the Propagation Emanator, but she was not only not frozen to death but was finally picked up by the Astral Express after floating in the universe for thousands of years. All this is really too coincidental, as coincidental as a false dream.
Maybe, in the real world, she is actually still frozen in that piece of ice, and all this is just a fantasy of a girl before she dies...
Thinking of this, Ilu took a deep breath and stretched out her hand to rub her face.
No, she has to try to see if this is a dream.
"Very good; there is no problem with self-awareness... Uh, just ignore what I said."
Glancing at the silver-haired girl lying on the bed and pinching her face, Herta's mouth twitched.
Then she looked at the virtual screen in front of her and continued to ask.
"Next question, do you remember what you did before you fell into a coma?"