Chapter 66: Accept Aha’s Blessing!
“The preliminary test results are out. The cause of this anomaly is indeed the Stellar Core.” Welt walked out and said.
Xing looked down at her chest: “You mean the thing inside me?”
“That’s right.”
“So, as the Stellar Core Spirit, is there any possibility that Xing can control other Stellar Cores?” Meng Huaifeng asked a question he had wanted to ask for a long time.
“Uh, with Stellar Cores, no one has ever implanted one into their body, so I’m not sure if two Stellar Cores can influence each other. If A Xing can freely control the Stellar Core inside her, perhaps she could.” Himeko speculated.
“But I can’t sense the Stellar Core inside me at all, let alone control it.” Xing scratched her head.
“So don’t pin your hopes on Xing. This anomaly still needs everyone to work together to resolve it.” Welt said.
“After this, I still have to handle the negotiation work, so I won’t go on this pioneer journey. Zhu Qing, the Stellar Core is extremely dangerous, and your strength is still weak, so stay on the train for now. You can get off and explore after the others deal with the Stellar Core.” Himeko said to Zhu Zhuqing.
“Mm, I understand.” Zhu Zhuqing replied, with no objections.
“Then I…” Welt was about to speak, but Dan Heng interrupted him.
“I’ll stay to guard Himeko. Mister Welt, you’ve been stationed on the train for a long time; it’s time for you to get off and relax.” Dan Heng said.
Welt looked at Dan Heng’s cold expression, but felt unusually warm inside.
“Alright, then I’ll trouble you. Those faction leaders are not easy to deal with. With you guarding Himeko, I can rest easy.” Welt did not refuse Dan Heng’s kindness and smiled faintly.
“Then, for this pioneer journey, Welt, March 7th, Xing, and Huai Feng will be in charge. The goal of the journey is clear: find the Stellar Core that brought disaster to this world and caused spatial distortion, bring it back to the train. No problem, right?” Himeko asked.
“Yay, an exciting big adventure is about to begin!” March 7th cheered.
“So, this time we’re cosmic knights saving the world, right?” Xing’s fighting spirit was already igniting.
“Are we setting off now?” Meng Huaifeng asked.
“No, I still need to organize the ecological and survey data on Yarilo-VI. Having more intelligence is always better.” Welt said.
“The planet has become like this; Uncle Yang, are you sure the previous data is still useful?” Meng Huaifeng doubted.
“Let’s scan it with the equipment first and see. We should get some useful information.” Welt said.
“By the way, Huai Feng, didn’t you say you’d get some information about traveling worlds? What was this pioneer journey originally supposed to be like?” March 7th asked curiously.
“I already said the system gives only a summary. Your journeys are too exciting; this journey is just an insignificant part, summarized in just a few lines with no details.” Meng Huaifeng explained.
What the system gave was indeed just that much; more details came from his original world itself, and the Douluo universe was the same.
For important things not in the summary but that he knew, he would mention them; if they were unimportant, he wouldn’t say more and would only reveal what’s in the summary.
After all, with more worlds to travel to in the future, they’d encounter things not in his original world, so it was better not to develop a habit of over-relying on original world information.
Besides, if the information from his original world deviated from the real situation, providing false intel would be disastrous.
March 7th eyed Meng Huaifeng suspiciously; during the Douluo universe, he clearly knew a lot.
Himeko and Welt smiled with their eyes; they could tell he didn’t want to reveal too much to avoid dampening March 7th and the others’ pioneer enthusiasm, and they supported this.
After Welt’s detection, they locked onto the only place on Yarilo-VI that seemed to still have people, but it was nighttime there on the planet. The train crew planned to rest for a few system hours before departing.
Meng Huaifeng and Xing discussed room decoration styles, constantly placing orders on the Network of a Thousand Stars, and unknowingly fell into a deep sleep.
“Hahaha, hahahaha, accept Aha’s blessing, pioneer more worlds, bring Aha more joy!”
In the dream, a series of eerie laughter jolted Meng Huaifeng awake.
What happened? A nightmare—why would he dream of Aha? Meng Huaifeng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
“Plop.”
Something dropped to the ground with Meng Huaifeng’s movement. He looked down, and a mask came into view.
Meng Huaifeng’s pupils contracted instantly.
“Bad news! Aha is stirring trouble on the train!”
Meng Huaifeng’s voice echoed throughout the train, and all passengers hurried to the observation car.
“What Aha? Where is that historically worst Nameless?” Pamu asked aggressively, wielding a broom.
“I don’t know. I was asleep earlier, and when I woke up, I found this on my bed.” Meng Huaifeng showed the mask to everyone.
“Fool’s mask!” Welt said gravely.
“So you’re a Masked Fool now?” March 7th looked at Meng Huaifeng curiously.
“I don’t know. I don’t feel like I’ve embarked on a second destiny, but in the dream, I heard Him say to accept His blessing.” Meng Huaifeng’s expression wasn’t great; other Aeons were one thing, but who knew what Aha’s blessing would be?
“Mm, this situation exists too—receiving a blessing without embarking on the destiny. The strength of the blessing depends only on how much He gives, not your own strength.” Himeko pondered: “Sense your body and energy carefully to see if anything has changed.”
Meng Huaifeng calmed down and sensed his own changes as Himeko said. After a long while, his face turned ashen as he cursed loudly: “Aha you *** , *** , *** , are you insane?”
“Hey, the Aeon of Bliss just blessed you; He might not have left yet. Is it really okay to curse Him like that?” March 7th hurriedly covered Meng Huaifeng’s mouth and said cautiously.
“So what if He hasn’t left? Even if He’s right in front of me, I’d curse Him out to His face!” Meng Huaifeng pushed March 7th’s hand away and said aggressively.
“Really? Really?” A string of masks suddenly appeared in front of Meng Huaifeng.
“Holy crap!” Meng Huaifeng jumped in fright and instinctively punched out, smashing the nearest mask flying.
The entire car fell silent.
“Ahahaha, so funny—Aha got hit, Aha has no face, Aha has no face.” A series of masks scampered off, laughing Aha Aha.
“That just now was the Aeon of Bliss Aha?” March 7th asked in disbelief, feeling a sense of disillusionment about Aeons.
“That’s right, it’s Him!” Pamu confirmed.
“Huai Feng, you hit an Aeon?” March 7th said to Meng Huaifeng in a daze.
“Seems like… yes.” Meng Huaifeng looked at his fist, also a bit dazed. What was that punch like again?
“That’s so cool!” Xing exclaimed: “Aha, come back quick—let me try hitting you too!”
“Aha has no face, Aha has no face.” Aha didn’t appear, only leaving bursts of laughter.
The train crew fell silent for a long time, until Himeko finally broke the silence.
“So, what exactly is the blessing He gave you? What made you react like this?”
“Uh, how to put it—He added a bit of bliss to my soul skill.” Meng Huaifeng looked up at the sky.
