Version 1.2 maintenance ended, and countless players flooded into the game, starting the main story.
The Trailblazer trio, led by Tingyun, passed through the Artisanship Commission shortcut and arrived at their destination.
Stelle: "The coordinates Jing Yuan gave you are really here, Miss Tingyun?"
Tingyun: "Rest assured, benefactors. This is a major matter; this little girl naturally confirmed it multiple times. No mistakes guaranteed."
March 7th stopped, glancing downward.
Bloodstains and corpses were everywhere.
A few Cloud Knights in armor, some Denizens of Abundance, and some that seemed like mutated animals.
March 7th: "The battle was really intense..."
Tingyun wore a faint smile.
"It seems while we were delayed at the Artisanship Commission, the Master Diviner had already set out on the expedition."
"Thank goodness the General didn't have us follow the Cloud Knights... War and adventure are truly different. All this on the ground... I-I can't handle such a big scene."
March 7th couldn't bear to look at the corpses again and turned her gaze away.
Tingyun: "Where are you saying, benefactors? This hardly counts as a scene..."
"Several hundred years ago, a certain Abundance Emanator led an army to seize the Ambrosial Arbor, nearly destroying half the delves, slaughtering the Cloud Knight army until fewer than one in ten remained."
"Such a past, for the long-life species, isn't even history—it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it yesterday..."
"Compared to that, what we see now is just a minor skirmish."
Stelle spoke seriously: "Comforting people like that will scare our little March."
"Exactly, exactly!"
March 7th nodded first, then realized something was off and rolled her eyes at her.
But she didn't refute it.
She was indeed a bit scared. On the Trailblaze journey before, she had never seen such a scene.
Stelle vigilantly scanned the surroundings.
"Don't you think it's too quiet around here? Something's wrong."
"No one means it's quiet? Or did you want to hear the voices of wronged souls?" March 7th shrank her neck.
"How did you know I just heard them?"
"Eek—don't scare me!"
"Haha, just kidding, March. You scare yourself so easily~~"
"You really... one day without a beating and you'll climb the roof to rip tiles!"
Seeing Stelle's teasing smile, March 7th couldn't help pouting.
"Alright, no more jokes. Back to business."
Stelle precisely blocked March 7th's 'friendly' elbow strike. On her healthy, rosy little face, a hint of seriousness emerged.
"The reason I think the quiet is wrong is because this coordinate is probably also the landing point where Master Diviner Fu led her troops."
"If there are no other landing points, this place should be very important."
"No matter what, they should have stationed troops to guard—one, to receive reinforcements; two, to report and respond to enemy reinforcements in time."
"But the current situation—you see it too. Aside from the mess everywhere, there's nothing."
"Clearly abnormal, right? If this is a unique Luofu war habit, pretend I said nothing."
Welt nodded approvingly, a trace of worry flashing between his brows.
"Stelle is absolutely right."
"If the march is going smoothly, they would usually leave a stronghold and troops to support from the rear."
"If it's not going well, there should be rebels guarding this place. It shouldn't be this quiet..."
"Let's search around; maybe we'll find some clues."
The four walked forward slowly. Passing a corpse, Stelle suddenly drew her lance.
Pfft—
"What are you doing?"
Noticing the movement beside her, March 7th turned and saw Stelle's action, her face full of confusion.
"You even have a hobby of corpse-whipping?"
"What corpse-whipping? I'm finishing it off."
Flames surged until the corpse was charred; only then did Stelle withdraw her weapon.
"You didn't see it earlier—on this stiff dead body, several obvious wounds were slowly contracting at a speed visible to the naked eye."
"Sensory-wise, there seem to be no vital signs. Who knows if it'll play dead and rise again after a while?"
"Against these undead abominations, better safe than sorry."
March 7th suddenly understood and nodded in strong approval.
"Indeed, these monsters' vitality is tenacious, but—"
"Who are you? Get off Stelle! How dare you possess her?"
"You bold maniac! When was her thinking ever this meticulous?!"
The instant face-change made Stelle's eye twitch slightly.
① "In that case, little sister... I've decided to possess you!"
② "So I'm that unreliable in your eyes?"
③ "Sis is a heaven-gifted powerhouse. Who could possess me?"
Seeing the options, Ah Xian was stunned for a moment.
"Belated realization, everyone. If I remember correctly, the 1.1 main story had zero choices."
"They were all in side stories, companion missions, and events."
[As said, it's a binge-style plot experience.]
[Unfortunately, updates take too long. Though the volume is large, it only satisfies for a day or two.]
[Some office workers and students can stretch it to a week—gaming time is really limited.]
[Heart-stabbing.]
Ah Xian chose three.
Stelle: "Pure slander. Sis is heaven-gifted—beauty? Got it. Strength... got beauty!"
"Tell me: who could possess me?"
Black lines appeared on March 7th's forehead: "Raising a Flag, huh? Careful—the boomerang might come back in the future."
"Impossible." Stelle declared firmly.
Tingyun's lips curved: "Benefactor, you must be careful. On the Xianzhou, there do exist some... beings with possession abilities."
March 7th intended to scare Stelle and deliberately said: "Miss Tingyun, could the one with possession abilities... be you?"
"...Well, benefactor, guess?"
"I guess—no. Tch, didn't scare this guy. Boring." March 7th shot Stelle a glare.
Tingyun half-covered her pretty face with her folding fan: "This little girl also thinks no, hehe..."
Huh?
Stelle looked utterly confused.
What do you mean you also think no?
Shouldn't you directly refute it?
Saying it like that on purpose will scare people.
She thought she was already shameless enough—this big-tailed fox was even more shameless.
The four turned the corner at the end of the path and stopped one after another.
Welt: "Look, not far away—"
March 7th: "There are people! Someone's still alive!"
The group quickened their pace, jogging toward the two ahead.
A person in Cloud Knight armor slumped on the ground, clutching their head and occasionally letting out pained grunts.
Beside them, a woman in healer's attire turned around, staring at them with an odd gaze.
"Huh? You're not Cloud Knights... What are you doing here? It's dangerous."
Welt frowned slightly and answered in a low voice.
"We're reinforcements invited by the General. You're a healer from the Alchemy Commission, right? May I ask where everyone else went?"
"Heh..."
The woman sneered coldly, mocking:
"Actually bringing short-life species as reinforcements... Heh, is Jing Yuan truly out of options...? You—argh!"
"Blah blah blah."
Stelle suddenly smashed the woman's neck with a swing of her bat, then kicked her over.
Her heel mercilessly stomped hard on the woman's cheek, grinding twice.
"Hmph, I saw through you at a glance—you're not human—"