Chapter 6: Embarking On The Destiny
“Everyone?” Himeko looked at the others.
“Welcome to join the Stellar Train. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me.” Welt said kindly.
“I will protect your safety.” Little Dragon Dan Heng said.
“I didn’t expect to become a senior so quickly.” Star made a mature and reliable appearance.
“Huai Feng, this is the Stellar Train’s train ticket. From now on, you are a member of the Stellar Train.” Pamu handed a golden Stellar Path Special Ticket to Meng Huaifeng.
Meng Huaifeng reached out to take the train ticket, but the moment his hand touched the train ticket, surging energy surged out from within his body!
“Uncle Yang, what’s wrong with him?” March 7th asked somewhat panicked.
“No need to worry. The Stellar Path Special Ticket can help people step onto the Pioneer Destiny. Although he had no power before, he has successively traveled through two completely different worlds. Now that he has embarked on the Destiny, he is naturally making rapid progress on the Pathfinder road.” Welt explained.
There are two ways to become a Pathfinder: one is to have a firm will and unity of knowledge and action, and the other is to forcibly step onto a certain Destiny through an Aeon or Aeon product.
The Stellar Path Special Ticket belongs to the latter type.
More than ten minutes later, Meng Huaifeng finally adapted to the surging power.
“I… I feel so strong now.” Meng Huaifeng clenched his fist, eager to try, always feeling the urge to destroy something.
The combat power gap between Pathfinders is too vast, and the universe has roughly divided the combat power of Pathfinders.
Combat power from ordinary person to city-breaking level is divided into Beginner, city-breaking to country-destroying level into Intermediate, country-destroying to planet level into Advanced, planet to star level into Top-tier, and Envoys’ combat power is generally at star level and above.
Of course, this is just a rough distinction; in reality, there are no clear boundaries. How far one can go on the Destiny is the most crucial.
“It seems the Pioneer Destiny is very suitable for you. Judging solely by magnitude, you are only one step away from Intermediate Pathfinder. Walk around more in this world, see more, and you might become an Intermediate Pathfinder.” Welt said.
“Eh, isn’t that almost catching up to this young lady?” March 7th said somewhat enviously. She had been a Pathfinder for many years, pioneered quite a few planets, to have Intermediate combat power, and this guy had almost caught up in the blink of an eye.
“I’m still far from it. Although I have this body of power, I completely don’t know how to use it.” Meng Huaifeng suppressed the joy in his heart and said humbly.
“Then I’ll teach you how to use the power from now on.” Dan Heng volunteered.
“Then I’ll trouble you, Dan Heng.” Meng Huaifeng said.
“Next, it’s the Pioneer Journey issue for this planet.” Himeko clapped her hands, attracting everyone’s attention: “Huai Feng, can you tell us about the general situation of this planet?”
Pioneering does not mean charging ahead without understanding anything. The Train Crew will not refuse to obtain some intelligence in advance.
After all, some things on paper are completely different from actual experience.
“Of course, this planet is called Douluo Star, mainly focused on Martial Spirit Cultivation. The protagonist of this world during this period is called Tang San, who traveled from another world…” Meng Huaifeng gave a brief overview of the Douluo Continent plot.
“This Tang San, why do I feel he’s not a good person?” March 7th said uncertainly.
“Little March, no one stipulates that the protagonist must be a good person.” Himeko said.
“To us, he’s indeed not a good person, but in an ancient society where technology hasn’t developed, what he does is understandable.” Welt said from another angle.
“Then should we defeat this Tang San?” Meng Huaifeng stirred things up.
“Our pioneering tenet is exploration, understanding, establishment, connection. Unless necessary, it’s best not to get involved in the struggles of local forces, affecting the world’s own social processes.” Welt said.
“If we intervene and exert influence whenever we think something is wrong, steering it toward the direction we think is right, then many years later, all the worlds we once pioneered would become the same, and the diversity of the universe would cease to exist.”
“I see, thank you for the lesson, Uncle Yang.” Meng Huaifeng said sincerely.
“Ahem.” Welt coughed dryly twice, then continued: “Of course, occasionally intervening when you can’t stand it, punishing evil and promoting good, eliminating traitors and evildoers, is no big deal.”
Meng Huaifeng stiffened, then suddenly understood: on principle it’s not allowed, but what counts as principle is up to me.
“This planet’s energy level is not high. When I scanned this planet before, the highest apparent energy level existence on this planet was probably around Intermediate Pathfinder level. Of course, it doesn’t rule out sealed lands, grotto-heavens and such that can’t be scanned.” Dan Heng reliably presented data.
“Then for this Pioneer Journey, I’ll leave it to Dan Heng, March 7th, Star, and Huai Feng, you four. This pioneering has no goal and will take a long time, so you can have fun.” Himeko arranged.
“No Stellar Core, no legions, no random bugs or anything, this is great! I’m starting to look forward to this trip.” March 7th cheered.
“Won’t Sister Himeko and Uncle Yang get off the train?” Meng Huaifeng asked.
This time they would at least stay on Douluo Continent for two years; could they really stand not getting off?
Himeko and Welt exchanged a glance: “We have other things to do, but we’ll occasionally get off to join you. Mainly it’s you four.”
“Alright then, we’ll often take photos and send them to you. Let’s go.” March 7th pulled Star and took the lead.
“Wait.” Welt called to the two: “Before setting off, Dan Heng, first give Huai Feng a Synesthesia Beacon injection, and also give him a mobile phone.”
The Synesthesia Beacon is a cross-language exchange device invented by Genius Club #56 member Elias Salas.
Its core principle connects the user’s perception system, directly converting the encoding of internal language to achieve instant communication without translation.
The reason Meng Huaifeng can communicate with the Train Crew without obstacles is because the Train Crew all have Synesthesia Beacon injections.
But the locals on this world don’t have things like Synesthesia Beacons, and Meng Huaifeng would have communication barriers with them 99% of the time.
“I know about the Synesthesia Beacon, but I have a mobile phone.” Meng Huaifeng pulled out his own mobile phone from his pocket and waved it.
“Your mobile phone is produced by your civilization and likely can’t interface with ours, can’t connect to our network, and the software won’t be compatible.” Welt said.
“What’s your mobile phone chat software called?” March 7th asked curiously.
“Penguin.”
“Ours is called Thousand Stars. How much space does your mobile phone have?”
“524G.”
“So small, your mobile phone can’t even install a decently large software. Mine has 524E.” March 7th said disdainfully.
Meng Huaifeng was speechless and silently put his mobile phone back in his pocket.
After packing up, the four walked out of the train toward the nearest village.
This book’s combat power settings.
Imaginary Energy of the same magnitude is many times stronger than Soul Power, and physical body strength as well.
Beginner Pathfinder（Meng Huaifeng） magnitude equivalent to below Titled Douluo, actual combat power Titled Douluo,
Intermediate Pathfinder（March 7th, Star） magnitude equivalent to Titled Douluo, God Official, actual combat power Level 1 God
Advanced Pathfinder（Normal state Dan Heng） magnitude equivalent to Level 1 God, actual combat power God King
Top-tier Pathfinder（Welt, Dragon Lord Dan Heng）, crushing God King. Of course, Welt has only touched the edge of Top-tier Pathfinder, relatively weaker here, can only explode planets; the strong ones can explode stars. There are also gaps between Top-tier Pathfinders.
Himeko hasn’t decided yet whether to place her in Advanced or Top-tier range; her performance in the plot is too little, hard to judge.
In this book’s Honkai: Star Rail world, Martial Spirits are set as growth-type weapons or auxiliary oddities that are mentally linked, very helpful to Beginner and Intermediate Pathfinders, considerable boost to Advanced Pathfinders, but for Top-tier Pathfinders, the base strength is too high, so the boost from Martial Spirits is negligible, only some special effects are somewhat useful.
