Bella had appeared on screen for only a handful of moments—
Yet she had already triggered widespread discomfort and outrage across the Star Rail cosmos.
The reaction was especially fierce from those who proclaimed absolute devotion to the Amber Lord, Qlipoth—
the Interastral Peace Corporation.
Their fury stemmed from Bella's blatant contempt toward the Star God of Preservation.
"What is the background of that damned girl? How dare she be so arrogant?"
"She caused a stir on a backwater planet like Jarilo-VI that was already on the verge of collapse, and now she thinks she can stand on equal footing with a Star God?"
"Unforgivable! She openly mocked the Amber Lord—this is a slap in the face to the Interastral Peace Corporation!"
"If the inter-world channel on that light screen weren't still locked, I'd already be on my way to Teyvat to deal with her personally!"
"How do you know she's in Teyvat?"
"Those are the only two connected worlds right now. Teyvat knows her, so if she's not from there, where else would she be from?"
"Ridiculous."
Strategic Investment Department
Aventurine remained expressionless.
Topaz frowned deeply as she read the furious messages flooding the chat.
Whenever someone spoke within the light screen, subtitles appeared—universally comprehensible to all viewers.
And Bella's words had left an unforgettable impression.
When she spoke of Qlipoth, her tone was openly mocking.
She even criticized the Star God for abandoning Jarilo-VI's civilization for seven hundred years.
More shocking still—
She referred to Qlipoth not as "He", the reverent pronoun reserved for gods,
but as "it."
That single choice of wording stunned everyone.
She treated a legendary Star God as something lesser than human.
Yet Topaz, Aventurine, and the rest of the IPC executives had survived long enough to become true veterans.
The more incomprehensible a situation became—
The less rash they dared to be.
Somewhere in the cosmos
Unrestrained laughter echoed.
"Hahahahaha—this is too entertaining."
"Someone actually dares to evaluate that blockhead like this… treating him like an actual rock."
A stone being called 'it' was perfectly appropriate.
At least, that was how Aha saw it.
[As Bella seized the Stellaron…]
Star and the others instantly lost their composure.
Before anyone else could react, Star launched herself forward, gripping her greatsword as she surged ahead.
"Flaming Lance—Charge!"
The same technique she had used to defeat Cocolia.
The air ignited.
Layers of heatwaves rolled outward as a crimson arc tore through space, aimed directly at Bella.
BOOM!
At the moment of collision, violent flames exploded in all directions.
The shockwave sent everyone else flying, bodies tumbling dozens of meters away.
"Star! Did it work?!"
March 7th shouted while sprawled on the ground.
But Dan Heng's shocked voice made her heart sink.
"No… she caught it."
"What?!" March shot upright.
She saw it clearly—
Bella had turned slightly, one hand casually blocking Star's strike.
"She… she stopped a blow empowered by Preservation?"
Seele's brow tightened, fear flashing in her eyes.
She had personally witnessed that attack defeat a Stellaron-empowered Cocolia.
So why did it do absolutely nothing to this strange girl?
"Did the Preservation's power get exhausted in the previous battle?"
Bronya asked shakily, clutching the unconscious Cocolia.
"I don't know…" March's voice trembled.
"I've never faced something this terrifying before."
"Our communications are completely disrupted by the energy fluctuations. I can't reach Himeko or the others!"
March ripped the communicator from her ear and slammed it to the ground, then raised her bow.
"We'll have to fight together!"
But her attack was blasted aside mid-flight by the energy surging from the clash between Star and Bella.
"Tch."
"You've got a Stellaron inside you and received that big rock's glance,"
Bella sneered.
"And this is all you've got?"
"Pathetic."
"You children shouldn't involve yourselves in a clash between me and that man."
"Be good and step aside."
She looked down at Star, who was drenched in sweat.
With the slightest pressure—
Cracks spread across Star's greatsword.
Star's pupils shrank.
Before she could react—
The blade shattered.
The backlash sent Star flying over ten meters.
"Star!"
Seele lunged forward, catching her—
but even she was knocked back by the momentum.
"Star!" March rushed over, finally exhaling in relief when she confirmed Star was still alive.
"This… this is impossible…"
Dan Heng stared blankly at Bella's back.
"She shattered a weapon born of Preservation with brute force alone…"
"What… is she?"
Astral Express
Welt Yang adjusted his glasses, brows deeply furrowed.
"Star received the gaze of the Preservation Star God."
"And yet her strongest attack was stopped so effortlessly… even her weapon was destroyed."
"What is that woman's origin?"
"And what is her goal?"
Himeko crossed her long legs, slowly shaking her head.
"She mentioned 'that man.'"
Welt's expression hardened.
"…The 'Master' Teyvat keeps referring to?"
"Paimon did say a terrifying being had arrived on Jarilo-VI."
"If that's the case… the people of Teyvat must know her."
Himeko sighed softly.
"I don't understand what's happening anymore."
"But for now, at least the future shown by the light screen isn't our present reality."
["What are you planning to do with the Stellaron?!"]
Seeing Star injured and the Stellaron taken, March immediately shouted.
"It's a calamity that brings disaster to worlds! We should be the ones sealing it!"
Bella glanced at her lazily.
"I find you all very strange."
"What difference does it make if I take it or you take it?"
"Either way, the Stellaron leaves Jarilo-VI."
"Give it a few hundred years and the ecosystem will recover."
March blinked, scratching her head.
"Uh… that actually makes sense…"
"So… what do we do, Dan Heng?"
Dan Heng forced himself to stay calm.
"We've sealed multiple Stellarons across different worlds."
"I believe it would be more appropriate for us to take custody of it."
"Idiot."
Star finally recovered enough to glare at them.
"She already said she'd give it to the Engine of Creation. There's no way she's returning it."
Only then did the others snap back to reality.
"You—what are you trying to do?!"
"Are you planning to destroy Jarilo-VI with the Engine?!"
Bronya stood up straight, gripping her spear despite her shaking hands.
"I won't allow it."
Bella shrugged.
"Alright, alright. You weaklings are noisy."
"With my old temper, I'd have wiped you out already."
She flicked her hand.
The Stellaron returned to its original position.
"I've given you back your Stellaron."
"Push your luck any further, and I won't be so polite."
Everyone froze.
Had she… really returned it?
March rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
The Stellaron hovered exactly as before, radiating cold energy.
"She… she really gave it back?"
"She's surprisingly reasonable!"
Bella's voice snapped them out of it.
"I gave you your Stellaron."
"The rest belong to me."
She spread her arms.
Countless lights began spinning around her.
The lights condensed—
Into spheres.
They formed two concentric rings, orbiting her like Dyson halos.
When the lights stabilized—
March gasped.
"S-Stellarons?!"
"Those are all Stellarons?!"
"This is impossible—where did she get so many?!"
Bella smiled faintly.
"These?"
She lifted one—and instantly, an identical Stellaron formed beside it.
"I just copy them."
"What's so surprising?"
Silence. Absolute silence.
The entire cosmos went quiet.
Those who had sworn to hunt Bella down fell completely silent.
Stellarons—
Mysterious, near-indestructible entities.
Linked to Paths or gods.
Impossible to destroy.
Only sealable.
And yet—
This crimson-eyed girl mass-produced them like trinkets.
This wasn't merely unbelievable.
It was reality-breaking.
Chatroom
March 7th: "Paimon… is she the terrifying one you mentioned?"
Paimon: "Yep. That's her."
Bronya: "What is she? Is she from Teyvat?"
Fu Xuan: "Your world can casually duplicate Stellarons?! What kind of world is that?!"
Yae Miko: "Strictly speaking, she isn't from our world."
Venti: "This fits her personality perfectly."
Rosalyne: "She didn't kill anyone this time. She's mellowed out."
Star: "…She kills people in your world?"
Morax: "Not often. But she has."
Eula: "Those she killed were revived by our Master."
Hu Tao: "Their fate is worse than death."
Furina: "Way worse."
Belobog — Lower District
March felt her worldview collapsing.
"And the people of Teyvat act like this is normal…"
Star rubbed her head dramatically.
"Maybe their world has something even scarier."
"…Like that 'Master' they keep talking about."
Bronya leaned weakly against the railing.
She couldn't imagine what Bella's arrival truly meant for Belobog.
Hope was clearly not on the menu.
Which left only one possibility—
Destruction.
Dan Heng remained silent, fixated on one detail.
Reviving the dead.
That alone defied everything he believed.
[Bella shattered their remaining will.]
With no strength left to resist, they could only watch as Bella repaired the Engine of Creation.
One by one, she inserted the duplicated Stellarons into its massive body.
"With this many Stellarons…"
"You'll become even larger."
"Even more destructive."
"I'll give you basic combat awareness."
"You will destroy a world called Teyvat."
The Engine stirred.
Its eyes lit up.
Bella smiled.
"Now… let's unseal everything."
She snapped her fingers.
All Stellarons activated at once.
White energy surged.
The Engine's massive body expanded at terrifying speed.
"This… this—!"
Bronya stared in horror.
Bella laughed excitedly.
"More! Keep going!"
Then—
Her expression changed.
Her face went pale.
"Wait—"
"Energy overload."
"It's going to explode."
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