I was transported to a broken world, yet my dreams are connected to Star Iron?

　"Huh? A pink portal, I don't think I've seen it before..."

　Xing looked at the new node with a dazzling pattern that had appeared before her, and circled the portal with some confusion.

　"What is the 'True Self' node... Could it be that..."

　Xing immediately thought of Lingmo outside.

　"Lingmo finished so quickly? Wow!"

　Having complete trust in Suzuma, Hoshi stepped directly into this new phase without hesitation.

　"Hello~ How about starting a new day with a wonderful encounter?"

　As soon as he entered the node, a projection of a pink-haired girl appeared in front of Xing.

　At the same time, the simulated universe's [events] are also triggered.

　[At this new juncture, you encounter a strangely familiar girl. She greets you with a smile, just as she always has, and brings you the help you desperately need.]

　By the way, she prepared a total of forty opening lines!

　[Gain all current Fate Blessings, and obtain five positive artifacts and 1000 Cosmic Fragments.]

　"!!!"

　"Lingmo, I love you to death!"

　……

　After the attack on the Black Tower space station, the Star Train has been parked on the station's platform. This is partly because there are still two prospective passengers who haven't boarded yet, and partly because, as an ally of the Black Tower space station, it's only natural for the Star Train to help clean up the mess.

　However, this actually made things convenient for Suzuma's plans. After all, there was still a lot of business to attend to at Honkai Impact 3rd, and if she went to Belloberg... if Suzuma remembered correctly, she would become a wanted criminal on the second day after going there on the first day. At that time, she might not be able to go to Honkai Impact 3rd several times a day like she does now.

　"Huh, who are you...?"

　As soon as Lingmo entered the carriage, she saw a strange rabbit-like creature, only a few dozen centimeters tall, sweeping the floor.

　"Oh, it's Suzumo passenger Papa!"

　The moment Suzumo entered the carriage, Pam seemed to sense it and immediately turned her short body around.

　"Hello, passenger Lingmo, I am Pam, the train conductor of the Starry Sky Train. Welcome to the train, Pam. If you have any questions, please let me know and I will help you solve them."

　"Train conductor, I have a question!"

　Lingmo immediately raised her hand high.

　"What's the problem?"

　"Can I hug you, conductor? You look so cute!"

　"what?"

　Clearly, Suzuma's "outrageous" demands greatly shocked Pam.

　However, having just made a boast, Pam was somewhat reluctant to refuse Lingmo. After looking around and finding no passengers passing by, Pam reluctantly agreed.

　"Okay, fine, but we can't hug for too long... wait, wait, why did we start kissing right away!"

　Before Pam could finish speaking, Lingmo, whose eyes were already shining, lifted Pam high in the air.

　"Is this the adorable train conductor that Mr. Walter and March both mentioned? He really is so cute! He's all fluffy and it feels so nice to touch!"

　"Huh, why do I have to add 'pa' too?"

　"Quickly, put Pam down!"

　After struggling for a while, Pam finally managed to escape from Suzumo's clutches. Still shaken, Pam disregarded the conductor's authority and quickly took a step back to maintain a safe distance from Suzumo.

　"Ring, Ring Mo is so enthusiastic! Indeed, we still need to find you a more suitable guide... March 7th passenger, come here quickly, the train conductor needs to see you!"

　So, March 7th, who happened to be passing by, was conscripted by Pam.

　"Take Suzumo on a tour of the train? That's easy, I'm a master at being a tour guide!"

　Although she was curious about why Pam looked so trembling, March 7th found the prospect of traveling on the train with the mysterious Suzuma much more appealing.

　"Let's go, Lingmo, I'll take you to the party carriage first!"

　Chapter 70 Lingmo: Let me tell you about Uncle Yang's childhood...

　"Party carriage?"

　"Yes, the reason for changing the name was suggested by an anonymous passenger who had already gotten off the train, although Himeko later kicked that person off the train..."

　March 7th led the way while explaining to Lingmo.

　"To be honest, I'm quite curious. What did that guy do to make the usually gentle Himeko-neechan so angry..."

　"Hmm... I guess, maybe he imitated some of his former owner's language style again."

　"Eh? So you know him, Suzumo?"

　"It's hard to say, but I did get some information about him from Uncle Yang."

　Lingmo smiled and said, "So strictly speaking, it's not a problem to say that I know him. After all, if you're lucky enough in the future, you might be able to see me summon him—in the form of a weapon."

　"Weapons? Summoning?"

　March 7th was increasingly confused, but seeing Lingmo's mysterious appearance, she instinctively felt that even if she continued to ask, Lingmo would probably continue to tell riddles.

　"Alright, shut up, just make us two drinks first..."

　"Do you want the [wrench-mixed salad]?"

　The beverage robot in front of the bar immediately began promoting his strange idea.

　"Wait a minute! Even androids wouldn't eat this kind of thing!"

　March 7th angrily pressed down on the wrench that was about to be pulled out, "Two cups [at least for now], Lingmo is still a newcomer, don't leave her with any bad impressions."

　"Oh, so you're a newcomer."

　Shut up and readily put the wrench back, then picked up the mixing utensils: "This is really rare. I didn't expect that two new people would suddenly join the Starry Sky Train. Now the party carriage is finally going to get a bit more lively."

　"However, too many people wouldn't be good either. After all, if there are too many passengers on the train, our 'Party Carriage' might turn into a 'Queue Carriage.' The word for 'party' sounds like the word for 'queue,' which is quite amusing."

　"Shut up, I don't want to hear lame jokes..."

　"Uh, is he like this all the time?"

　Looking at the familiar March 7th celebration, Lingmo couldn't help but ask curiously.

　"Yeah, I really don't know what his predecessor was thinking. He's supposed to be a beverage mixing robot, but they installed a huge library of lame jokes on him, and it can even be updated online in real time..."

　"Perhaps it's because his previous owner was also a comedian."

　Lingmo thought for a moment and said, "Let me tell you a secret: Shut up's former owner, Void Treasury, once used the form of a small cube to walk out of a 'desert' by flipping through it layer by layer."

　"Furthermore, he was not only terrified of his creator, but he even tried to control and take over the body of a teenage boy by inhabiting his body. The result of this was that he was controlled by the boy and ended up working for him for five hundred years."

　"It has been recorded in the folder 【Master's Dark History】. Thank you, passenger Lingmo, for providing the information. As a token of my gratitude, I will record his reaction when I play this video for him when I see him again in the future and share it with you."

　It can only be said that, as expected of a robot trained by the Void Treasury, it is truly a product of the same lineage when it comes to overthrowing superiors.

　"Lingmo, Lingmo, how do you know so much!"

　On March 7th, while sipping her drink like a little squirrel, she listened with shining eyes as Lingmo shared some gossip: "Did Uncle Yang tell you this too?"

　"Yes, Uncle Yang should have already told you that I will travel back and forth between the two worlds."

　Lingmo nodded and said, "In fact, the other world I am bound to is very similar to Uncle Yang's hometown in the past. This similarity includes the characters, the historical development trend, and some hidden settings... Speaking of which, not long ago, I was on a mission with Uncle Yang from another world."

　"Really?"

　March 7th pricked up its ears: "What is Uncle Yang doing in the other world?"

　"He was a history teacher at a girls' school..."

　"what?"

　……

　"Ah!"

　Walter, who had just returned to the train from the space station, sneezed violently.

　"I have a feeling that someone is thinking about me today..."

　“Walter, passenger, you’re back, Pa.”

　Pam put down her broom and immediately ran over: "The passenger Suzumo you've been talking about is on the train today, right? She should be touring the banquet car with the March 7th passenger right now. Do you want to go and see her?"

　"Oh?"

　Walter immediately perked up. After his last conversation with Suzumo, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. In the end, he simply got up and spent the whole night creating a timeline, listing all the details of the time before his world crossed the end.

　"That's perfect, I'll go give these things to her... Is there anything else, conductor? Like, can I project a few robot vacuum cleaners for you or something..."

　"No, no need for a handkerchief. Sweeping the floor with a broom is also a kind of ritual!"

　"Alright, but did Suzuma come up here today just to tour the train?"

　"Of course not, she seems to have come to ask about the driving time, but Pam forgot to tell her Pam earlier."

　Pam then remembered this, and quickly waved her little hands to add, "Go tell Suzumo that the train will stay here for about a week, so she doesn't need to worry, Pam!"

　"Okay, Star and Black Tower have also reached a cooperation agreement on the simulated universe, and we can take advantage of this week to complete the initial testing."

　Walter nodded upon hearing this, and then walked towards the party carriage.

　However, as soon as Walter arrived at the party carriage door, he overheard some unpleasant conversation.

　"Uncle Yang's wife? Hmm... Uncle Yang does seem to have a wife and children, but he hasn't told us about her in detail. Lingmo, why are you asking this?"

　"It's nothing. Back in my world, before a dangerous mission, Uncle Yang mustered up the courage to invite a lady with red twin tails to dance. I was just curious whether they ended up together."

　"Oh my gosh! Lingmo, tell me more!"

　"Cough cough..."

　Walter, his face darkening, coughed a few times.

　"Ah, Uncle Yang is here!"

　March 7th blushed and turned her head away somewhat awkwardly.

　"Don't worry, I'm not angry... I'm just a little surprised that you guys are interested in this."

　Looking at the embarrassed girl in front of him, Walter shook his head with a smile. For an old man of his age, these things were no longer taboo. In fact, these gossips brought back some of the feelings from back then.

　So he casually picked up a cocktail from the bar and sat down next to the two of them.

　"However, since you like to hear these things, why don't I, the person involved, give you some exciting content... For example, the lady with red twin tails that Lingmo mentioned, she did indeed become my wife later, but at the time, she could barely be considered another identity... my adoptive mother."

　Chapter 71 Kiana: Suzuma is the woman who could become my mother!

　"Raise, adoptive mother?"

　March 7th gasped, "Uncle Yang, do you have such a rich past?"

　"Actually, if we have to say, the age difference between Uncle Yang and the other party isn't that big. After all, for long-lived beings, even a difference of ten or even several decades is negligible in terms of lifespan."

　Lingmo explained from the side.

　"That's right. In fact, by the time Suzumo was around, this effect was already quite obvious. To put it in more absurd terms, it's what's commonly known as the corruption of maternal love..."

　Walter pushed up his glasses, a nostalgic glint in his eyes: "At least at that ball, I genuinely thought that once I came back, I would bravely take the next step."

　"Then what?"

　March 7th immediately became excited.

　"And then I died."

　"what?"

　"Haha, wasn't this an unexpected turn of events?"

　Walter chuckled: "Actually, I buried that thought back in my heart later. On the one hand, the situation at the time did not allow it, and on the other hand... after I got over the effects of the alcohol that day, I hesitated again."

　"This hesitation persisted until everything was over... and only then, at the urging of our companions, did we take that step."

　"Eh—I thought Suzuma could capture that scene on camera..."