Underground, a concealed train was traveling at high speed, heading towards an unknown secret base.
Ryn, who had been swallowed whole by Janna, was now on the train, unconscious in his seat.
"Sir, are you still alive? Please wake up, we're about to arrive at the station."
The train's attendant, a Homu robot, reached out to nudge Ryn awake, but it couldn't move his body in the slightest. There wasn't even a mark of deformation on Ryn's skin from the force...
Seeing that nudging was ineffective, the Homu robot then reached out and pinched Ryn's nose. Hmm... Herrschers are not so inconvenienced; they no longer need to breathe!
After many failed attempts, the Homu robot resorted to its final measure.
*Slap—Slap—*
The next moment, Ryn's eyes glowed red, and he flew into the air, staring straight at the Homu robot.
Sensing the danger from the red glow in Ryn's eyes, the Homu robot immediately raised its hands and shouted at Ryn, "Relax, sir! This train is very important, please do not use violence."
"Who are you, and where is this?" Ryn retracted his heat vision and landed back in his seat.
The view outside the train window was pitch black, offering no useful information. Looking around the train car, he saw that he and the Homu in front of him were the only ones there.
"Hello, passenger. I am 'Guide No. 5,' manufacturing number hm160304011, the attendant for car number five of this train, responsible for escorting you home."
"Home?... Huh? What does that mean? Why do I remember being swallowed by Janna... Did Janna kill me directly, causing me to fall into another world?"
Ryn pressed his face against the window again, looking out in an attempt to find something he wanted to see to verify the guess in his heart.
But unfortunately... the train was traveling underground, and Ryn couldn't find anything to verify his theory.
"Do you need me to provide some more detailed explanation?" the Homu robot asked, noticing Ryn's confusion.
"No need."
"Alright, I will explain it for you right away." The Homu robot ignored Ryn's refusal and proceeded to explain the current situation.
"The current time is April 18, 2019. The world was destroyed five years ago in the Third Great Honkai Eruption, caused by the destruction wrought by a Herrscher. We are currently in the ruins of Nagazora City, and the train is heading to the human resistance base."
"Hold on. The Third Great Honkai Eruption... the world was destroyed? This..."
Ryn was stunned for a moment, but then he thought that since this wasn't his own world, some deviation was normal... yeah right!
"Yes. The global-scale Great Honkai Eruption, centered around a Herrscher, destroyed human civilization. The concurrent Honkai energy explosion led to the mass extinction of surface life.
Under the subsequent effects of global climate anomalies and residual Honkai energy death zones, the surface is no longer suitable for life. After the subsequent three-year disaster period, the global population survival rate is no more than 0.00006%, and you are one of the precious survivors.
The train crew found you sleeping in the ruins. After confirming that your vital signs were normal, the crew unanimously decided to bring you 'home'. Please do not mind our taking the liberty."
"..."
Every time Ryn entered a different world, the world would issue him a 'pass', arranging a suitable identity for him.
So this time... his identity was a survivor?
"Is your memory damaged? From your reaction, it seems you are completely unaware that the world has been destroyed."
"Well, how should I put it... Forget it, just assume my memory is damaged."
Ryn really wanted to say that his memory was probably fine, he just didn't have any memories related to this world...
But on second thought, he decided against it, because it was pointless. To tell a robot that he was a world-traveler, but didn't even know how he got to this world or how to leave it?
That would probably lead not to help in treating Ryn's memory loss, but to him being tied up and studied to see if he had gone insane under the pressure of the apocalypse...
"Then I will assume your memory is damaged. If you recall any information, you can tell me, and the train crew will do their best to help you recover your memories." After saying that, the Homu handed Ryn a piece of paper and began to ask him about various things.
Guide No. 5: "Do you still remember your name?"
Ryn: "No surname, Ryn. The Ryn from beyond the Ninth Heaven."
The Guide looked at Ryn's proud and smug face, and after much hesitation, filled in 'No-surname, Ryn' in the document.
After filling it out, the Guide seemed to remember something and asked again. "Sir, I would like to confirm again. Are you sure your name is No-surname, Ryn, and not Penglaiji Ryn?"
Hearing the name Penglaiji Ryn, Ryn slammed the table and sat up straight.
"Penglaiji Ryn?! She's in this world too? Why would you think I'm Penglaiji Ryn?"
"Um, Homu doesn't quite understand what you mean. However... the situation is that this train was dispatched because we received information about a survivor named Penglaiji Ryn. But after we found Penglaiji Ryn, we also found you nearby...
This made it impossible for us to confirm which of you and the young lady was Penglaiji Ryn. But since you are both precious survivors, the train crew brought you both back together."
"I see... But that's not a big deal. Can you let me see this Penglaiji Ryn?"
Ryn looked at the window, using the reflection to see his current appearance.
Long, red-purple hair that trailed on the ground, with a single long strand of red and blue hair in the center of his forehead.
And those beautiful red eyes. They were so beautiful, but unfortunately, that idiot Kiana always thought he had pink eye...
Penglaiji Ryn... she should look pretty much the same as me, right? After all, we're the same leaf from different worlds...
He was very interested in his other-world counterpart.
Then, Guide No. 5 threw a bucket of cold water on Ryn.
"I'm sorry, not right now. Penglaiji Ryn has suffered severe head trauma and has lost all her past memories. Guide No. 6 is currently providing her with psychological counseling and explaining the situation.
Once the train arrives at the station and we enter the resistance base, you will be able to contact each other."
"Alright then, you can continue to brief me on the situation."
Ryn propped his head up with one hand, listening to the Guide's briefing with a bored expression on his face. At the same time, he was thinking about what he should say when he met Penglaiji Ryn.
......
No, no, that's not right. If Penglaiji Ryn is here, then that means I'm still in the world where Janna and God Kiana exist...
Then why did Janna say God Kiana was dead, and how has this world already been destroyed?!
Where is Stigmata Kiana? Why is she still sleeping!!