Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 107 Pinocone's Speculation

What Arashi and Kyoryu talked about remains unknown to outsiders.

(The author doesn't know either.)

However, Yunzhi and Jingyuan had agreed on a time to go to the Youqiu Prison, as he needed to personally oversee Huanlong's imprisonment.

Huanlong is Suiyang, and the Immortal Boat has many ways to deal with Suiyang.

However, according to Jingyuan, the "Creation Furnace" used to imprison Suiyang on Luofu is located in the Bureau of Works and Construction. But at the moment the Jianmu tree grew, it was invaded by the branches of the Jianmu tree, and Suiyang escaped from the Creation Furnace. The Ten Kings Bureau is now hunting him down.

They were able to defeat Suiyang even when they didn't have these advantages. Now that the alliance has developed to this point, how can they be fooled by them?

No need to worry.

...Except for Huanlong, that guy is of a higher level.

That evening, when Yunzhi returned to the hotel that Shence had found for them, Lan was already waiting in the room.

Yunzhi wasn't surprised. He took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack by the door.

"Where did you go today? I just left the Shence Palace and you disappeared."

Lan turned to look at him: "I went to see the person who brought the Star Core into Luofu."

what?

Yun Zhi looked puzzled: "You mean that traveling merchant? I've already asked Shence to investigate."

Regardless of whether he brought the Star Core or not, even if he didn't bring it, even if he was just passing by... Yun Zhi still felt he had to investigate.

You can't judge a book by its cover, but that face was just too memorable. Back when I was captain... let's not talk about it.

"Not that one."

Lan paused for a moment, then replied, "It's Mirror Flow."

A familiar name.

Yun Zhizheng's hand, which was about to pour tea, froze:

"Sword-pommel Mirror Style?"

Lan exclaimed in admiration, "Her swordsmanship is indeed one in a thousand years. She sparred with that guard from Shence Army, and I watched it; it was quite impressive."

Both Jingliu and Yanqing are very good.

"As I've said before, Jingliu is a swordsman who comes along only once in a century, but I don't know why he hasn't won the title of 'Sword Master' in the Alliance."

Of course, those who can become the Sword Master are the best of the best from each Immortal Ship, and perhaps there just happens to be someone who can counter the Mirror Flow.

"So, she brought the star core in?"

Did they bring dangerous goods into their hometown?

Yunzhi's tone turned dangerous.

Lan turned to look out the window: "She claimed to have a cooperative relationship with that merchant and once swore to cut down the stars in the sky, which is the pharmacist."

Yunzhi couldn't help but laugh: "Ha, the pharmacist is really unlucky."

He was simply following his own destiny, yet so many people were eager to kill him.

The polarization and severe negative reputation have truly torn pharmacists apart.

Please do not attribute fan behavior to idols.

The problem is that the pharmacist keeps creating fans, and then the fans keep acting crazy.

"I think we can consider Mirror Flow's idea."

"What?" Yun Zhi was stunned.

Lan walked to his side and whispered a few words in his ear.

Yunzhi's eyes widened suddenly: "She said that?"

"Yes." Lan nodded: "Although [Balance] has always been paying attention to every little thing in this universe, as a fellow star god, I cannot be manipulated by Him."

"If Jingliu's vision can become a reality, the Immortal Ship will have a stronger backing in the future."

Yunzhi quickly sorted out her thoughts: "It's impossible for everything to go according to her plan. The Star Core Hunters have a hundred ways to obstruct us."

"If the Star Core Hunters want to avoid a future of destruction, then not only will they not oppose it, they will fully support it." Lan's thoughts were even clearer: "Don't worry about [Destruction]. Given its nature, if it could devour my destiny, it would have done so long ago."

Can we wait until now?

"It's just that your fates are indeed very similar, Lan. You'd better remember the lessons learned from Hippie and Taiichi."

"At least for now, [Balance] is watching closely, and before the Pharmacist falls, He will not allow [Destruction] to devour [Hunter]."

This kind of thing is quite complicated, but ultimately it all falls under the purview of "balance." In times of peace, there's no need to worry about these things, but in times of war... you have to pay more attention.

"Alright, let's rest, Lan. The appointment with Shence is the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, spend more time on the Immortal Ship with the train crew."

Yun stretched and thought about tomorrow's schedule—which was basically just taking the train crew on a ride on the fairy ship, although unbeknownst to him, they had already come up with some new ways to have fun.

Oh, and don't forget Golden Man Alley.

Xing should be doing very well over there. Have confidence in this kid. As long as there is enough money, she can come up with many new tricks.

"The train's next destination is Pinocchio."

Lan suddenly asked.

Yun nodded: "They sent the invitation to the Harmonious Music Festival directly, but I'm actually a little confused. The invitation the train crew received contained a distress signal from an anonymous guest, while mine contained nothing."

"If the 'family' really wanted to do something, they should have tried to avoid me."

Yun searched around in the void and took out the music box that served as the family invitation.

Lan took it and examined it carefully.

After a while, he returned the music box to Yunzhi: "There's nothing wrong with it, and there's no power of the Star God involved, but it also has nothing to do with the family."

Yunzhi's face darkened: "Is it someone else?"

Was it not given to him by his family?

"Aha?"

This was the only thing Yun could think of.

Lan shook her head: "It wasn't him. It was a person who sent you this."

"—Star Core Hunter?"

Besides Aha, only they would do these inexplicable things.

Logically, the invitation the family sent to the train crew should have included Yunzhi, but they insisted on giving him a new music box. Star Core Hunter has no idea what they're trying to do.

Unless there's something else hidden in this music box, perhaps it's for a hunter who infiltrated Pinocchio.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore."

Yun Zhi tossed the music box aside and lay down on the bed: "Since they dared to invite me, they probably won't do anything too outrageous—of course, whether the invitation came from the 'family' or not is not important."

—Ahem, although I've never been to Pinocchio, I am on their permanent VIP list.

All the powers in the world have to give Yun Zhi some face, sometimes just to get some information from Yun Zhi about the star god they worship.

After all, Yunzhi had met many star gods and had spoken with many of them.

So even if Pinocchio doesn't accept the invitation, he can still get in.

Yunzhi was very confident that as long as she was in Pinocchio, nothing could cause a ripple.

Even if something goes wrong—there's still Arashi, isn't there?