Kie's face seemed a bit flushed, and she was suppressing her voice. Tamayo just looked up at Ren, her eyes flickering. Kanae was already burning with desire again, her hands and feet becoming restless. He immediately understood what was happening. Kie must have used her Blood Demon Art. He sighed inwardly: These two are really bold.
Ren was simultaneously focusing on guiding Kie through the spatial portal. On the other side, he saw March 7th complaining.
March 7th: "Wow! It's too hateful, Jarilo-VI, the Great Guardian of Belobog is too hateful!"
Shinobu Kocho: "What happened? Weren't you guys doing trailblazing?"
March 7th: "Yes. We arrived at Jarilo-VI. This planet is covered by a cold wave and eroded by the Stellaron. It must be affected by the Stellaron."
March 7th: "Soon after entering the planet, we met Cocolia, the Great Guardian of Belobog, and told her that we wanted to help them get rid of the Stellaron's influence."
Nami: "What did that Great Guardian say?"
March 7th: "She initially said she understood, and everything was fine. We stayed in a hotel."
March 7th: "Who knew she suddenly ordered our arrest in the middle of the night, saying we were dangerous outsiders! I'm so mad!" It could be seen that March-chan was genuinely very angry.
Aqua: "You're not in jail now, are you?"
March 7th: "I won't go to jail! I'm currently in Belobog's Underworld."
March 7th: "I heard it's an underground mining area and an underground town. It seems the Upper District is no longer connected."
Exusiai: "An underground city? If a city is built underground, it should be able to withstand natural disasters, right?"
March 7th: "I don't know… It's just that the people here all look very tired and weary, and everything is dilapidated. There's a desperate atmosphere mixed in the air."
Belobog's Underworld. Ren felt that March 7th was not wrong. The Underworld, cut off from the Upper District, was abandoned. It is destined to be completely eroded by the Fragmentum. Everything in the Underworld signifies a scarcity of resources. Therefore, there will inevitably be disputes. It's full of swindling and deceit, with people even killing and robbing for a tiny bit of profit. It's estimated that only the areas managed by the Wildfire would be slightly better.
Just then, a new member notification appeared in the Chat Group!
"Ding! Silver Wolf has joined the Chat Group!"
"Ding! Bronya has joined the Chat Group!"
These names made Ren pause. "Silver Wolf? Bronya? Honkai? Star Rail?" Is this a coincidence? His first thought was of Honkai and Star Rail, as both worlds have a Silver Wolf and a Bronya.
Someone was faster than him in asking Bronya.
March 7th: "Hey? Isn't Bronya that Silvermane Guards girl who was brought to the Underworld with us?"
Bronya: "March 7th… You're that outsider?"
March 7th: "That's me!"
Saeko Busujima: "So you two are also from the same world?"
Bronya: "Same world? What do you mean? What is this? Some kind of outsider technology?"
March 7th: "Haha, we don't have that kind of technology."
Ren: "This is the Doomsday Chat Group, a chat platform for people from different worlds facing doomsday to communicate with each other. Welcome."
Bronya: "Different worlds? How could such a thing exist?"
The three-ponytail girl, dressed in Silvermane Guards attire, holding a gun and wearing a medal, stood in the middle of Rivet Town. Bronya frowned deeply. The light screen in front of her seemed to be visible only to her, and the people around her showed no reaction to it.
"That outsider is also inside… people from different worlds… Is such a thing really happening?"
*****
On a peculiar city pavilion somewhere in the cosmos, a petite girl leaned against the railing. She was dressed very uniquely, with many game-related decorations on her body. Her silver-grey hair had blue highlights and a gradient color at the ends. She wore rabbit ear-shaped accessories and goggles on her head, clipped with black hairpins, and had black ear studs. She wore a black and white asymmetrical patchwork bra, and her body was covered with an anti-peep film. Her outer jacket was a cropped top with a white fur collar, adorned with round badges, and the zipper was only partially pulled up. The exterior was printed with game controller buttons and lines, logos, and pixel patterns. She wore black fingerless gloves. Her lower attire consisted of low-rise fishnet hot pants with a flowing ribbon hanging on the side. She wore athletic boots and one fishnet stocking.
This oddly dressed girl was playing a game on a handheld console. She was blowing a bubblegum bubble.
Pop! The bubblegum suddenly burst. The girl also stopped playing.
"Oh?" She stared at the air, letting out a surprised sound.
"What's wrong, Silver Wolf?" A purple-haired woman with long legs walked up to Silver Wolf, her gentle tone making one feel calm. Her attire was also very unique. She wore a black cape-style shawl jacket over her shoulders, with her arms passing through it, fixed to her shoulders. There was a silver butterfly brooch at the collar. Her cuffs had purplish-red lace and long flowing ribbons at the back, with a white shirt worn inside. She wore black leggings on her lower body, with a silk scarf on the left side. Purple long socks, with the leggings and long socks connected by crisscross straps. She had sunglasses as an accessory on her head. Both her hair color and pupils were purplish-red, and she wore colored contacts with no highlights. Straps were cinched around her chest and arms. The jacket surface was adorned with large spider patterns, extending from the back to the sleeves, with spiderweb textures on both shoulders, including the cuffs and gloves. She wore a pair of asymmetrical black leather boots, with leg rings connected to the boots. Those long legs were particularly eye-catching.
"…" Silver Wolf wanted to say something but was forced into silence for a moment. After a moment, she suddenly grinned: "Hehe, Kafka, I think I've encountered an unknown game that I can't conquer."
Kafka's wine-red eyes flickered slightly. She glanced at the unmoving game in her hand. She squinted and said, "Do you need me to help you see what kind of game it is?"
"No need, only I can conquer this game." Silver Wolf blinked and decisively refused.
"Oh? That's truly interesting. Let me know if you need anything." Kafka's lips curved into a smile. She turned and walked away with elegant steps. She was going to contact Elio. Something unknown and unspeakable seemed to have happened to Silver Wolf.
Silver Wolf breathed a sigh of relief, then her expression became joyful. "Come on, let me take a good look at what you truly are…"
*****
March 7th: "I think I heard that Bronya is Cocolia's daughter. Bronya, why did your mom suddenly try to arrest us? That's too much!"
Bronya: "You are outsiders who endanger Belobog. Great Guardian is apprehending you for the sake of Belobog."
March 7th: "Huh? But I clearly heard people from the Underworld say that Great Guardian is a great villain, and the Underworld was abandoned by her."
Bronya: "…"
Bronya: "This is my first time entering the Underworld, and seeing the sights here… I also have many questions, but I am willing to trust Great Guardian's decision."
March 7th: "Hmph! We clearly came to help Jarilo-VI deal with the Stellaron; she definitely isn't a good person."
Bronya: "Please do not insult Great Guardian."
Bronya: "As for Jarilo-VI and the Stellaron you mentioned, I have never heard of them."
Due to the influence of the seven-hundred-year-long Eternal Freeze, Jarilo-VI's technology and culture have regressed, having become disconnected from the stars. This has led to the people on Jarilo-VI not even knowing the name of their own planet.
March 7th: "Your planet, this land, is Jarilo-VI."
March 7th: "The world's Eternal Freeze was brought by the Stellaron. Why don't you know? Could it be that Great Guardian deliberately concealed it?"
Bronya: "Our home is called Jarilo-VI? The Eternal Freeze was caused by the Stellaron? What does that mean?"
The two argued due to unequal information, and the others wisely did not interrupt. There's a saying: Do not comment without knowing the full picture. However, coincidentally, there was someone in the group who knew the full picture.
Silver Wolf: "Hey hey hey, can I say something?"
Shinobu Kocho: "Is this newcomer going to jump into their argument?"
Silver Wolf: "Mhm, because I just happened to find some information about Jarilo-VI."
Exusiai: "This Mr. Silver Wolf? Miss?"
Silver Wolf: "I'm tentatively a girl."
Exusiai: "Oh oh, then Miss Silver Wolf, do you mean that you and March 7th are also from the same world?"
Silver Wolf: "Not sure. I just found information about Jarilo-VI, and I haven't believed that you are Otherworld people yet."
Ren: "Silver Wolf, Stellaron Hunters."
Momonga: "It appeared! The boss's hint!"
March 7th: "Stellaron Hunters? I think I heard Himeko mention them. They're one of the Company's top wanted criminals."
Emilia: "Does Ren-san know the new member's identity?"
Silver Wolf: "Oh ho? That's incredible. Can you tell me how an Otherworlder knows me?"
Ren: "Don't ask. Explaining is troublesome. Continue with your main topic, Jarilo-VI."
Silver Wolf: "So mysterious. Alright, let's talk about Jarilo-VI."
Silver Wolf: "According to the information I've found, it was indeed affected by the Stellaron and has lost contact with the stars. It's probably going to be destroyed soon."
Silver Wolf: "However, the Star Dome Train seems to have arrived there."
She couldn't find out where the Star Dome Train was; this was merely Elio's prophecy. However, she did find information about Jarilo-VI from the Company.
Silver Wolf: "Seven hundred years ago, Jarilo-VI was invaded by the Anti-matter Legion. The Architects at that time wished upon the Stellaron to stop the Anti-matter Legion."
Silver Wolf: "So the Stellaron brought the Eternal Freeze, freezing the Anti-matter Legion."
Silver Wolf: "The essence of the Stellaron is to bring disaster. Once the Eternal Freeze appears, it cannot be stopped and will continue to expand, simultaneously bringing Fragmentum erosion until the planet is destroyed."
Silver Wolf: "Because of this, the Company even evacuated Jarilo-VI."
Silver Wolf: "Logically, as the supreme ruler of Jarilo-VI, that Great Guardian should know all of this."
Bronya: "This… how is that possible? I've never heard Mother say…"
March 7th: "I told you so! That Great Guardian must have a problem!"
Ren: "Is there a possibility that Cocolia has already been influenced by the Stellaron?"
Silver Wolf: "It's certainly possible. The Stellaron can corrupt people. Maybe she's already made a wish to the Stellaron."
Bronya: "Mother..." She was already wavering.
Silver Wolf: "Ren, back to me, what does 'Future Doom (9-Star)' mean?"
March 7th: "We're definitely from the same world. Mine also shows 'Future Doom (9-Star)'."
Ren: "It means that your world might face a doomsday in the future, and its level is 9-Star."
Silver Wolf: "What's the highest star level?"
Ren: "The highest known is my world, 12-Star."
Silver Wolf: "Interesting. Are there guys even stronger than Aeons in your world?"
Ren: "I'm not sure. At least, they haven't appeared yet."
Bronya: "But mine only shows 'Future Doom (6-Star)'."
Reinhardt: "Why would the same world have different levels of doomsday?"
March 7th: "Yeah, what's going on? Bronya is clearly in Rivet Town."
Ren pinched his chin. Same world… different dooms… This was the first time this situation had occurred. However…
Ren: "I have a guess."
Silver Wolf: "Tell me."
Ren: "Bronya's world's doomsday is Jarilo-VI's doomsday. March 7th and Silver Wolf's world's doomsday is the entire universe's doomsday."
Ren: "I believe this is a problem of observation point selection."
Ren: "In Bronya's perception, there is no starry sky. The world in her eyes is Jarilo-VI, whose name she doesn't even know. Taking her as the observation point, her world's doomsday is Jarilo-VI's doomsday."
Ren: "March 7th is a Nameless of the Star Dome Train, pioneering the starry sky; Silver Wolf is a Stellaron Hunter, searching for Stellarons across the universe. From your observation points, the world's doomsday is the universe's doomsday."
Silver Wolf: "That's a very reasonable guess."