With Star's matchmaking, Jiang Lin successfully became friends with Herta.
After they became friends, Herta immediately sent a message.
Both sides, with a tacit understanding, skipped meaningless pleasantries and got straight to the point.
"Herta: Do you have time to come to the Space Station? Screwllum and Ruan Mei want to meet you."
"Jiang Lin: They need me for something?"
"Herta: Yes, they're very interested in your Ember."
"Jiang Lin: ? How do you know about the Ember?"
At this moment, Jiang Lin was indeed a bit confused. He was certain that, besides himself, no one should know about this Ember.
However, Herta's reply was very simple and clear.
"Herta: Elio ratted you out."
"Jiang Lin: ..."
"Herta: Are you coming or not? After all, some things are better discussed in person."
"Jiang Lin: Hmm, I'll go when I have time. I'll let you know in advance then."
After finishing his conversation with Herta, Jiang Lin strolled around, pondering in his mind where to find a suitable machine for the Ember experiment.
After much thought, he remembered a place: Belobog.
"Perhaps that creation engine..."
Once he confirmed his target, he left without the slightest reluctance for Xianzhou.
But not long after, Jiang Lin suddenly realized a serious problem.
He was bound to travel all over the universe. If he relied solely on the small broken ship in his personal space... wouldn't the efficiency be a bit too slow?
Just as he was thinking about this problem, his eyes inadvertently glanced at a... Space Anchor nearby?
"If I officially join the Nameless... can I use this thing freely?"
This idea was not groundless.
If Jiang Lin remembered correctly, when the Nameless explored a new world, they seemed to be able to install new Space Anchors using the power of Trailblazing.
If this idea was feasible, then why would he need a spaceship anymore?
With this in mind, Jiang Lin once again picked up his phone and contacted Star.
"Jiang Lin: @Lian Jie Da Zhao, are you there? I need to talk to you."
...She didn't reply... After waiting for some time, Jiang Lin still received no response... So...
"Jiang Lin: Transfer: 4.62 Credit Points."
"Lian Jie Da Zhao: ?? Dude, you transferred all your life savings?"
"Jiang Lin: Yes. I need to talk to you about something."
"Lian Jie Da Zhao: No, when you said you only had 4.62, I thought you were being abstract. I didn't realize you were serious!"
"Jiang Lin: That's not important."
"Lian Jie Da Zhao: Tsk tsk tsk, if it comes to it, the Galactic Baseballer will be merciful and take you dumpster diving with her."
Ignoring Star's teasing, Jiang Lin went straight to the point.
"Jiang Lin: Has your Astral Express departed?"
After waiting for some time, Jiang Lin found that the other side still hadn't replied, feeling that something was amiss.
"Jiang Lin: Is something wrong on your end?"
After waiting a bit longer, Star's reply finally arrived belatedly.
"Lian Jie Da Zhao: OMG, our Astral Express seems to have been rear-ended?!"
Upon seeing this sentence, Jiang Lin was slightly stunned, then remembered: wasn't this the beginning of Argenti's Companion Mission?
Then he replied:
"Jiang Lin: ? Rear-end collision, full responsibility!"
"Lian Jie Da Zhao: Exactly! Don't even think about leaving without a million or so!"
"Lian Jie Da Zhao: Oh, right, you haven't said what you needed yet?"
"Jiang Lin: I feel like you guys are in quite a bit of trouble over there. Send me your location, I'll come over, and we can discuss the rest in person."
"Lian Jie Da Zhao: Really? Godfather? Pam's heart gesture ing"
After ending his conversation with Star, Jiang Lin immediately rushed to the Seat of Divine Foresight.
After a stroke of genius, he built what he considered a very cool... battleship?
This left the foxian worker next to him completely dumbfounded.
The foxian worker, disbelieving, checked the assembly line over and over again... "It's a Starskiff assembly line, how did he manage to hammer out a battleship from it?"
Jiang Lin looked at his masterpiece and nodded slightly.
He was quite satisfied; mainly because this thing was not only cool but also very fast.
After checking the location Star sent him, he piloted it directly out of the Luofu...
Meanwhile, with the Astral Express Crew,
Star and the others saw a red-haired knight... praising a potted plant profusely?
After some communication, they learned his identity.
The Knights of Beauty — Argenti.
When Argenti realized he couldn't make Star feel beauty through words, he requested a knightly duel with her... March 7th, whose mind hadn't quite caught up, asked in a daze:
"Why are they fighting?"
"Communicating with people is very difficult; only actions express. I long for you to understand beauty."
Argenti replied with sincerity.
After the two had exchanged blows for a while,
Welt appeared and interrupted them.
"I apologize for having to interrupt your... enthusiasm, both of you.
Forgive my spoilsport actions, you two. I just discussed with Himeko, and the current situation might be more urgent than we imagined."
Welt said with a serious expression.
Star still looked indignant.
"I'm going to teach him a lesson today!"
After Argenti explained the reason for his presence on the Astral Express,
Ultimately, the two did not continue fighting.
So, both sides began discussing cooperation.
But Argenti's reply was only one... enjoy the present, then continue to enjoy the present... Star was speechless, and then was assigned to motivate a company employee named Villett.
Just as everyone was still pondering countermeasures,
The Conductor's exclamation directly brought everyone urgently to the observation car.
"There's... there's a strange noise, scary, scary, Pam, did you hear it?"
Pam trembled all over, cold sweat constantly beading on her long ears.
"With my familiarity with the Astral Express, that was absolutely, absolutely not a sound from the Astral Express, Pam."
Just as the gathered people were about to say something... Suddenly!
The Astral Express shook violently again,
A strong impact directly knocked everyone except Welt Yang, Himeko, and Argenti to the ground.
The Astral Express even lost power and plunged into darkness... only to return to normal after about ten seconds.
This left everyone present looking at each other in dismay.
Pam said somewhat uncertainly:
"The Astral Express... the Astral Express was rear-ended again, Pam?"
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