Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

[Robin:.......?]

[Sunday: ...Well, this fate is delicious.]

The train was bustling with activity. Watching March 7th and Xing run off into the distance, Jiang Jiu stood there and smiled helplessly.

Himeko walked over and stood beside him.

"how do you feel?"

Jiang Jiu turned his head to look at her, and was taken aback for a moment: "...Hmm?"

Himeko smiled and said softly, "Are you getting used to being a member of the train crew?"

Jiang Jiu was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"good."

"That's good. Let's go eat. Xiao Sanyue is right, you can't stay cooped up in your room all the time."

Jiang Jiu looked at her and suddenly asked, "Don't you want to ask me why I stayed in the room for two days?"

Himeko thought for a moment and said, "Everyone needs time to be alone. If you want to tell us, you will."

She paused, then added.

"Besides, since you've chosen to join the train crew, you're one of us now."

"No need to rush, take your time."

Jiang Jiu was silent for two seconds, then hummed in agreement.

"......Thanks."

[Star: Himeko-neechan is so kind... Everyone needs time to be alone. I'm going to remember that line. Next time in March she pulls the covers off me early in the morning, I'll use that line to roast her!]

[March 7th: Hoshi, don't try to twist the facts. Himeko-neechan was talking about needing time alone, what you're doing is called sleeping in! They're two different things!]

[Star: For me, staying in bed means needing time to be alone.]

[March 7th: You need to be alone every day, right?]

[Walter: The reason the nameless one is nameless is not only because we share the same fate, but also because we are willing to accept each other. Jiang Jiu has just retired from that level of battlefield, and what he needs most is not questioning, but an environment where he can gradually relax.]

Himeko: Yes, if he chooses to stay on the train, then he's our comrade. There's no need for so many questions about comrades; everyone has their own secrets, and we have a duty to protect our comrades' secrets.

[Pam: Pam's navigator is absolutely right, Pam!]

[Sunday: The atmosphere on the Star Train is definitely different from what I imagined. I originally thought the train would be filled with a sense of mission and urgency, but now it seems more like... a home.]

[Robin: Is there a home where I can sleep soundly for two and a half days after saving the world?]

[Himeko: So... if Lord Jiang Jiu in the real world wishes to board the train again, the Starry Sky Train would be more than happy to welcome you.]

[Himeko: If you have nowhere to go, the Star Train wouldn't mind being your next safe haven.]

[Black Tower: ?]

[Black Tower: Didn't I say I wasn't going to raise them anymore?]

[March 7th: ? ? ? Ms. Black Tower, what brings you here all of a sudden! Ahem... What do you mean by 'raising' or not? Our train crew just wanted to invite Jiang Jiu to dinner, and yes, that's all.]

[Star: March, stop explaining. The more you explain, the more it sounds like you're trying to poach my partner.]

[Himeko: I was just speaking from the heart. If Lord Jiang Jiu needs a relaxing environment, the Starry Sky Train is always open to him. This is simply providing another option.]

[Black Tower: Another option? There isn't even a decent lab on the train, what can he do there? Serve you coffee?]

[Himeko: It's not that I need to serve coffee, but the coffee on the train is definitely better than the instant coffee on the space station.]

[Silver Wolf: So you really considered serving coffee?]

[Black Tower: ...Who told you the space station only has instant coffee?]

[Hanabi: ...Is this the important point?]

[Topa: This world has gone mad to the point where I don't recognize it anymore.]

[Fireworks: Let's fight! Let's fight!]

[Fireworks: We can't miss out on something this fun! The Masked Fool.]

[Fireworks: Our tavern would also love to welcome Jiang Jiu—but never mind, don't bother coming, it's a complete mess there.]

[Silver Wolf: You can come to our Star Core Hunters' base; Blade's cooking is delicious.]

[Jing Yuan: ?]

[Topa: Our company is just as good; everyone who has visited our little princess says it's great!]

[Black Tower: Oh.]

[Black Tower: He's not going.]

The train was still bustling with activity.

March 7th and Xing gathered around the table, playfully fighting over a piece of cake, while Danheng sat to the side watching helplessly, clearly used to it all.

Walter stood to the side, adjusting his glasses, watching the two clowns bicker. Himeko leaned against the window, leisurely sipping her coffee, completely oblivious to what might happen in the near future.

Jiang Jiu leaned against the door and watched quietly. The long-lost ordinary scene made him a little lost in thought. Seeing him standing aside, San Yueqi generously left the cake for him, his eyes full of expectation.

Jiang Jiu couldn't taste anything, but he still wholeheartedly accepted the kindness.

pretty good.

That's how it should be; life should be vibrant.

"Himeko, has the next stop for the Star Train been decided?"

"Not yet." Himeko raised an eyebrow, surprised that Jiang Jiu would care about this. "The train crew will be holding a route meeting later. Do you have any thoughts?"

Jiang Jiu shook his head.

"No, but I think you will definitely choose Onpharos."

Himeko was taken aback.

"I agree with Lady Black Swan; this place called Onfaros must have something unique about it."

Jiang Jiu smiled.

"Hmm... unique features? Well, there will certainly be quite a few unexpected 'pleasant surprises'."

[Fireworks: An unexpected surprise? That's quite unexpected, considering we've experienced everything on this trip, even death. Amazing, isn't it?]

[Star: So there's always been that huge pit waiting for us in Onphalos, why do we still go? Can't we just not go?]

[Silver Wolf: Should we tell them?]

[Kafka: Sure.]

Silver Wolf: Then I'll tell you.

Silver Wolf: Your destination this time will directly determine the future course of events.

[Silver Wolf: If your chosen destination is the ocean planet "Lusaka," then Yiting will expose Onfaros's disguise ahead of time, forcing the Black Tower to merge with the newly born Great Lord of Annihilation, Iron Tomb, to become Emperor III.]

[Silver Wolf: If you choose the agate world "Merustan," then the pioneering train will face a star-scream, and the Celestial Ship will witness the ascension of the eighth Annihilation Lord, opening the prelude to the divine war against the bountiful Star God—what you see as the Universal Locust Plague 2.0.]

[Silver Wolf: But if it's the "Patrevinizia" light belt, the train will face the Annihilation Lord's Burning Wind, heading towards destruction.]

【star:......?】

......

(Please give me a free little gift)

Watching the movie (125) Why are you questioning him?

[Star: I told you I was the protagonist! Our choice of course directly determined the way the universe was destroyed!]

March 7th: ......

Himeko: ......

[Dan Heng: ......]

Is this some kind of good thing?

Doesn't this mean that no matter which option you choose, you're doomed?

[March 7: ...This can't be right, we just chose a destination for exploration, how did this turn into a death trap? One wrong choice and the whole galaxy is doomed?]

[Dan Heng: ...Silver Wolf, the three options you just listed—Lusaka, Melustan, and Patravinizia—correspond to the three Annihilation Lords: Iron Tomb, Star Howl, and Burning Wind.]

[Danheng: But these three... don't they sound a little too familiar?]

[Silver Wolf: That's right, those are the first three timelines shown in the celestial projection. You can also call them the final timelines.]

[Silver Wolf: So now you know why the Black Swan insisted on leading you to Onpharos, right? All the other options are dead ends; only this one offers a chance of survival.]

[Star: Wow.......]

March 7th: The train was a complete disaster... We're so unlucky, we were inexplicably dragged into such a huge causal mess.

[Xing: I suddenly realized something very important. Since our choices are closely related to the future, can't we also interpret it as Jiang Jiu saving us?]

[Topa: That sounds a bit contrary to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.]

[Topa: Logically speaking, no matter what you choose, disaster is inevitable...]

[Star: Ah, I thought I was the main character. What a disappointment.]

[Kafka: No, that's not it.]

[Kafka: Star, on this journey, you must, and can only, be the protagonist.]

—You embarked on this journey for the sake of the galaxy's wishes; in the story featuring you as the protagonist, the universe will escape its fate of "end"—

—So it can only be you—

Xing scratched his head, puzzled.

[Star: Does this mean we'll have to think twice about our choices from now on? Should we still go to Star Car Wash? When should we go?]

[March 7th: You just want to wash your car all the time!]