Xingtetsu: Why is the captain on the train?

After Ji Zi's words, the tense atmosphere naturally eased.

makes sense.

[Pinoconi] is nothing. They just killed a [Lord of Extinction] head-on on the immortal boat [Luofu].

Although, according to the statement given by Xianzhou, Huanlong must not be dead.

No matter what identity Huanlong has, it cannot change the fact that she is ultimately a powerful [Sui Yang]. As for what Sui Yang would look like when it truly dies, there are records in the history of the Xianzhou people, and it does not match the scene of the rotten wood's self-destruction at all.

And there are a lot of messy things that happened afterwards.

However, those have nothing to do with the train. That is the Xianzhou people’s own business. The train is not suitable to interfere, let alone pay too much attention to it.

"Let's discuss the itinerary next." The navigator thought for a moment, "According to General Jingyuan's message, he hopes that we can stay on the Immortal Boat for a while longer. First, let them show their hospitality. Second, he also hopes that we can stay and help for a while. After all, the Immortal Boat is a little empty now."

The captain nodded slightly but didn't comment. He had known about this for a long time.

This time it can be regarded as a true return of favor and trust. Jing Yuan dared to tell his group directly about the internal emptiness of [Luofu]. This trust is naturally self-evident.

"There's one more thing." Ji Zi said, looking at Pam, "Conductor, please go and get that thing."

Pam, with her short legs, blinked, nodded, ran to the shelf, brought back a small box, and placed the box on the round table on tiptoe.

Ji Zi pushed the box in front of Dan Heng, "I'll give this to you for safekeeping."

Dan Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, reached out and opened the lid of the wooden box, exposing the jade talisman in the box to everyone's sight.

"What is this?" San Yue Qi blinked.

"Alliance with Yuzhao!" Dan Heng sucked in a breath of cold air.

The Star Core Scout reached out to pick up the jade talisman, but as soon as Dan Heng opened his mouth, she was so scared that she immediately retracted her hand.

"It can unconditionally summon the [Xianzhou Alliance] to rush to help, and even attract the [Emperor Bow Siming]'s light arrow to summon the Jade Omen of Alliance!" Dan Heng was even a little speechless. He turned his head and looked at Ji Zi in astonishment, "Sent by Jing Yuan?!"

"Yeah." Ji Zi nodded slightly.

"He said that this is the sincerity of the Xianzhou Alliance."

Chapter 136: Second Coming, Space Station [Black Tower]

"This sincerity is really extraordinary."

Dan Heng replaced the lid of the wooden box, his tone full of emotion.

“Maybe, it’s also related to the [Star Core Hunter].” The Star Core Spirit suddenly spoke, turning everyone’s attention to her.

"I..." The Star Core Spirit hesitated after speaking, "I went to see Kafka privately yesterday."

"So, what happened?" Ji Zi looked at Xing's hesitant expression.

"To put it simply, Blade was attacked by the evil spirit body, and I went to help Kafka suppress the attack of Blade's evil spirit body. During the process..." The Star Core Spirit slowly recounted her conversation with Kafka yesterday afternoon.

"She is implying that [Star Core Hunter] is an inevitable part of our journey?" Old Yang raised his eyebrows. "It seems that there are many choices, but in fact there are few choices... Well, but this is related to the alliance with Yuzhao..."

"The original purpose of the Star Core Hunters." The captain raised his hand and touched his chin, "They were deliberately facilitating the contact between the Immortal Boat and the train. Do you remember?"

"Captain, what you mean is that Jing Yuan obeyed the purpose of the [Star Core Hunter]?" Old Yang turned and looked at the captain.

"No, from Jing Yuan's perspective, his choice is to [Better to Believe It]. After all, [Star Core Hunter] attracted us. From Xian Zhou's perspective, Xian Zhou owes us as much as it owes [Star Core Hunter]. After all, Dan Heng's power is indispensable." The captain raised his finger, "But this matter is actually not important."

"Is it not important?" Xing frowned slightly.

To be honest, she had very complicated feelings towards the [Star Core Hunter], especially Kafka herself, but among these complicated emotions, the most basic one was vigilance and alienation.

However, the other party's kindness and closeness cannot be ignored.

"More importantly, she is giving us a shot of prevention." The captain smiled in a low voice, "In the future, we will definitely have more contacts."

Xing shuddered, but sighed helplessly.

The discussion about [Star Core Hunter] eventually came to nothing.

After all, the Star Core Hunter has left the Immortal Boat.

Xing was very sure about this, and everyone chose to believe it.

The meeting is basically over here.

Xing and Sanyue continued to go to Jinren Lane to arrange their commercial street. Yuexia followed them out with curiosity. Danheng went to find Bailu to give her a lesson. The captain and Lao Yang set up the chess board to play chess. Jizi brought coffee and watched the two men playing chess on the board.

After a game of chess, the captain was checkmated and had no choice but to push down his king, which was considered a surrender. He then turned his gaze to Ji Zi, "The Musical Ceremony has been postponed to three months after the system time. In other words, we now have three months of free time, right?"

"Hmm." Ji Zi gently stirred the strange liquid in the coffee cup and nodded with a smile on her face.

"I plan to go to the space station. After all, I have an appointment with Black Tower to continue to help her test the simulated universe. Besides, I also have some personal matters to attend to."

"Private matter?" Ji Zi looked at the captain curiously, "Do you mind talking about it?"

"When I was helping the Black Tower test the simulated universe..." The captain thought for a moment and told the story about the redundant area in the simulated universe project. "Dr. Tesla has been lost for too long. My companions and I have never given up looking for her, but I never thought that we could find her traces in the universe after [Upgrade]."

"The Black Tower agreed to help me study the redundant area, and I am also very concerned about the [Upgrade] matter. In short, due to various reasons, I want to get some results, even if it is only temporary." The captain smiled, "So I applied to act alone temporarily."

"Are you the only one?" Ji Zi stared at the captain with an ambiguous smile, "What about Yuexia?"

Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by Jizi, the captain raised his hand and pinched his nose, "She should come with me, too."

"I'll help you set up the jump data and let the train run for you." Ji Zi smiled, "Keep in touch, and when the matter of the immortal boat is over, we will pick you up at the space station."

"Okay." The captain nodded.

So, that night.

The Starry Sky Train dragged a comet tail, its wheels pressing on the silver tracks of starlight, and rumbled out of the Jade Realm Gate.

On the Immortal Boat, countless pairs of eyes watched the Starry Sky Train leave, and they couldn't help but want to do something, so they popped their heads out under the cover of night.

In the general's mansion, Jing Yuan looked at the traces left by the departing train in the sky, and couldn't help but curling up the corners of his mouth. He immediately sent the message he had prepared in advance to the Taibu Si and Tianbo Si.

[Pay close attention to any disturbances on the Immortal Boat. ]

The captain and Yuexia left in a grand manner on the Starry Sky Train, and were once again used ruthlessly by Jingyuan. In the following Suiyuan, the Suiyang riot broke out, and the remnants of the [Medicine King Secret] emerged and charged towards the Immortal Boat...

It has nothing to do with the captain who left the fairy boat early.

Those minor trials were basically left to Xing, Sanyueqi, and Danheng to deal with.

Two hours after the train left the Immortal Boat, the captain himself steadily walked out of the train door with Yuexia and stood on the platform of the space station [Black Tower].

"Ahaha~~" Yuexia stretched hard after walking out of the carriage, yawned, looked around the seemingly inexplicably busy space station, and sighed, "I'm back again, I hope I can get some good news this time."

"What's going on here?" The captain looked at the representative who came to the space station to greet him and Yuexia, the head of the defense department, Alan.

"Ms. Heita's academic partners, two members of the Genius Club will come to the space station to meet with Ms. Heita soon." Alan extended his hand to the captain. After shaking hands, Alan turned around and led the way. "The young lady is waiting for you two."

"Esther? Does she want to see us?"

Alan hesitated visibly, then he shook his head gently, "The eldest lady will explain to you two, but it is indeed a troublesome matter. As for Ms. Black Tower..."

He shook his head again and didn't respond.

Seeing that Alan didn't seem to want to say more, the captain didn't force him to ask, but just nodded, "Then let's talk about it after we meet Estelle."

"Thank you for your understanding." Alan pursed his lips, took the captain and Yuexia through the support module, stepped onto the elevator, and headed towards the main control module of the space station.

Soon, the captain and Yuexia, led by Alan, entered the office of the Black Tower.

Estella was full of worry. When she saw the captain and Yuexia coming, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

The two strangers in the office whom the captain did not know also cast their eyes on the captain, Yuexia, and Alan who walked into the office.

A well-dressed robot.

And a muscular man with a plaster head.

In the room, six people looked at each other, and for a moment no one took the initiative to speak.

Chapter 137: The Annihilation Gang and the Underworld Lord

The Black Tower's office is large, yet extremely simple.

At this moment, six people were standing in Black Tower's office, maintaining silence, which made the room seem extremely empty.

"The Envoy of [Abundance], 'Captain', right?" The first to break the silence was the sturdy man wearing a plaster statue. His tone was magnetic and steady, revealing a kind of indifferent knowledge, "The [Envoy], who was once unknown, had close exchanges with Black Tower herself and participated in some of her research. Now he is an unknown guest of [Star Train]."

"Indeed." The captain nodded slightly, and then he showed an interested expression, looking at the man wearing a plaster hood and a Greek-style robe, "Who are you?"

"Well, let me introduce you here." Ester coughed lightly, and her words eased the subtle, tit-for-tat tension between Plaster Head and the captain.

"This is the academic representative from the [Company], Mr. Latio from the [Boshi Academy]."

"And this..." Estelle's eyes turned to the intelligent robot who was dressed in a well-fitting suit and dressed appropriately...

"I know this guy, but this is the first time we've met." Following Ester's gesture, the captain's eyes turned to the omnic, "Genius Club #76, Mr. Screwgum, right? Nice to meet you."

"Conclusion: You recognized me from the portrait in the office, right?" The voice of ScrewGum was not as rigid as that of ordinary machines. Instead, it had a gentle elegance.

It's a very obvious aristocratic gentleman feeling.

"Yes, but not entirely." The captain shook his head. "The Black Tower mentioned the project you created together. I participated in the test, so I was naturally curious and wanted to learn more about it. But for now, those are off-topic and not important."

"The conclusion is as you said." ScrewGum nodded slightly.

"There's someone missing here." The captain looked deep into the office.

"Or rather, a puppet." Latio took off the plaster mask on his head at some point, revealing his handsome and sharp face. "Just six system hours ago, the puppet in the Black Tower disappeared."

The captain was obviously stunned, then looked at Latio with a strange expression, then turned his gaze to Ester and Screw Gumm, and finally, looked at Alan.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Latio folded his arms and looked at the captain's strange expression with a hint of scrutiny.

"How could the puppet of the Black Tower be missing?" The captain was a little amused. "Although I don't fully understand the technical principles of the Black Tower puppet, the puppet is missing and you are so nervous. I am a little confused. The puppet is missing, how could the Black Tower, which is directly connected to the puppet's spirit, not know where it is?"

"Captain, this is where the problem lies." Estelle shook her head at the captain with an unpleasant expression. "The doll is missing, and Ms. Black Tower herself is not aware of it. She has completely lost her memory of the missing doll, and the signal cannot be located."

The captain raised his eyebrows slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Then can I assume that this missing doll is dead to some extent?"

"Rather than dying, it's better to say that she was 'annihilated'." Latio lowered his eyes, looked the captain up and down, and suddenly brought up a digression, "Captain, the first time you made a name for yourself in the universe was when you fought with a [Lord of Extinction] outside the space station [Black Tower] and forced him to retreat."

"Yes, an ordinary [Destruction] Envoy without a title." The captain nodded.

No title...

Latio paid attention to the subtle expressions in the captain's words.

"Then do you know anything about the [Extinction Gang]?"

The captain shook his head, and ScrewGum took the opportunity to introduce the so-called Annihilation Gang to the captain.

A group of fire demons that are forever burning themselves were born in a world destroyed by the Legion. The fire demons regard Nanook, the star god of destruction, as their emperor and benefactor, and they practice the destiny of destruction on their own, but they are never taken seriously by Nanook.

"Mr. Latio's words are full of ulterior motives." The captain looked at Latio, who had mentioned the Annihilation Gang, and said, "Do you suspect that someone from the Annihilation Gang caused the disappearance of the Black Tower puppet?"

"Let me start with the conclusion: It's not a suspicion, but it's almost certain that the disappearance of the dolls was caused by the notorious [Underworld] Afrit in the [Annihilation Gang]." Screw Gum said, "Moreover, it's not just the dolls in the Black Tower. Several staff members in the space station have also disappeared. There is a connection between the staff members and the disappearance of the Black Tower dolls. Doctor Latio and I have found indirect evidence and a lot of supporting evidence."

"To be honest," Latio said. It was hard to tell whether his tone was sarcastic or factual. "Compared to the destiny of [intelligence], your station seems to be more compatible with the destiny of [destruction]."

"First it was the Legion, and now it's the Underworld Lord of the Annihilation Gang."

"The Black Tower doesn't care?" The captain raised his eyebrows.

"She really doesn't care." Latio pinched his chin with one hand. "Heita accepted the invitation from the company's technology research and development department to cooperate with the company. According to common sense, when the incident happened, Heita should have been in direct communication with Ms. Apoli from the technology research and development department."

"Because of the cooperation, I accompanied them to the space station. Black Tower and the Technology Research and Development Department left the space station together. I found an excuse to stay and planned to take a vacation. During the vacation, I was visited by Screw Gumm from the [Big Smart Club] and the manager of the space station."

"The timing is a little too coincidental." The captain raised an eyebrow, "Black Tower left first, and then the space station started to have problems."

"Conclusion: Someone leaked the whereabouts of the Black Tower to the outside world." Screw Gumu said calmly, "It may not be to the Annihilation Gang, but the Annihilation Gang found out."

"After the failure of the Legion and the Lord of Extinction in the space station, the Annihilation Gang held their breath and kept an eye on the space station. When the news leaked out, they immediately smelled the scent and came here." The captain shrugged, "Okay, I roughly understand what happened."

"so......"

"Aren't you in a hurry?" The captain looked around at everyone.

"The space station [Black Tower] has nothing to do with me. I just accepted the invitation to participate and contribute, and I don't care about the final result." Latio started to speak without hesitation.

"To some extent, there is no rush to answer." ScrewGum seemed to let out a gentle smile, "Especially after the arrival of you, Captain."

"Oh?" Latio looked at the captain curiously.

"I already know that you defeated [Lord of Extinction] Huanlong head-on on the [Luofu] ship of the Xianzhou Alliance." Screw Gumu looked at the captain, "The nature of the creature [Fire Demon] is not fundamentally different from what the Xianzhou people call [Sui Yang]."

"If we were still worried before, even if we caught the tail of the Underworld Lord, it would be difficult to deal with them effectively."