Players who knew the origin of the meme all laughed until they went numb.
But the vast majority of streamers looked worse than if they were crying. A few even turned pale.
How heartbreaking. They really wanted to die… because they actually had to look at the guild's face, unless they were big streamers.
Please stop talking, Father!
Guinaifen weakly changed the subject: "Then what about the more difficult method?"
Leon: "Playing abstract. It can be a serialized drama, or a sudden flash of inspiration for a good idea."
"The difficulty lies in what kind of mental state a person needs to be in to continuously produce eye-catching abstract ideas and form hot memes."
Sushang asked curiously: "For example?"
Stelle pondered: "Hmm, does 'Ji Ni Tai Mei' count?"
Everyone: "..."
It didn't feel quite right. There was a big risk of eating pigeon, going green, getting wet, and catching a cold.
Ah Xian couldn't hold back her laughter.
She hadn't expected that the post-event story in Leon's route would itself be filled with abstract elements and subtle allusions to… real-world memes.
There were too many stitches.
But thinking that this was the script team that could bury "trash can literature" right at launch, her happy smile gained a bit more relief.
She had to get used to it.
No matter what meme this game brought to the table or what meme it stitched in, it wouldn't feel out of place.
After all, the background of the universe's myriad worlds was simply too suitable for this kind of thing.
After the version interlude plot completely ended, Ah Xian glanced at the task list and only then remembered that there was a new character in the second half of the banner.
Argenti.
To be honest, at first glance he looked like he was related to Himeko.
She had thought he would appear in the story, but he wasn't mentioned at all and had no connection whatsoever to the Xianzhou Alliance.
People from the Pure Beauty faction looked pretty good, but she didn't know what his character setting was like or what his companion quest was about.
With these questions in mind, Ah Xian started the mission.
The opening wasn't complicated.
The Astral Express had a fixed cleaning time.
Every time this time came, the train would jump to the nearest "car wash star" in its current star sector for a thorough cleaning.
The car wash star could only handle the exterior of the train. The interior cleaning still required the Nameless to do it manually.
The train began jumping. The player perspective entered a cutscene.
The train shuttled through the starry sky. Inside the observation car, everyone was discussing the division of cleaning tasks.
Without any warning—a huge black shadow swept past the window. The entire train violently shook in the next second!
If Leon hadn't reacted quickly and used wind to support Stelle and March 7th, they would most likely have been knocked over in their unprepared state.
The carriage lights flickered for a moment, and the power supply was interrupted for quite a while.
It wasn't until the carriage stopped shaking that the lights came back on.
Dan Heng's gaze was vigilant. Thinking they had encountered an enemy, he drew his weapon at the first moment.
Before everyone could figure out the source of the disturbance, the soft starlight outside the windows had already been replaced by a strange dark red.
Through the windows, they could see unknown objects floating in that dark red.
"What's going on? Stelle! Did you see that huge black shadow outside the window just now?"
March 7th stood up straight. When she looked outside the window again, she was completely stunned.
"Why has it become like this outside the train windows… red… What happened?"
Stelle: "Did we fall into the 3D world or something?"
"What are you talking about? You don't expect me to understand, do you? Cough, even Uncle Yang and Leon's expressions are a bit surprised. This kind of scene is rare."
Dan Heng briefly checked and synchronized the train's current status with his companions.
"The train's progress has been obstructed. The earlier disturbance caused a chain reaction… A spaceship collided with the train from behind."
"What situation? The train can get rear-ended too?" March 7th was extremely surprised.
Only the train crashes into people. When has there ever been… Ah, anyway, this was the first time she had encountered something like this since boarding…
Dan Heng: "There were other spaceships that also encountered obstructions in this area. They didn't control their speed in time. After the rear-end collision happened, two guys came looking for the train."
"Here to scam us?" Stelle asked.
Dan Heng: "Doesn't look like it."
March 7th: "If they're here to cause trouble for the train, then this young lady is going to make a move! Let's go, everyone. Hurry and see what those two are up to."
Stelle stared at the other side of the carriage. The red-haired man who had appeared and then started muttering to himself in front of the potted plant had a complicated gaze.
What was he doing?
Leon merely glanced at the other party once before shifting his gaze away. He walked to the window and looked outside, his brows slightly furrowed.
"Himeko, I'm going down to take a look."
"Mm. Be careful."
Himeko's attention wasn't really on the uninvited guests either, because the other party hadn't released any hostility, nor was there any Emanator-level Imaginary reaction.
Leaving the communication with the rear-end collision party to Stelle and March 7th was fine. The remaining people checking the current situation was more important.
As Stelle got closer, she gradually heard what the other person was saying.
"Shiny universe, abnormal state on the other side, you… are truly beautiful."
Seeing the red-haired man reach out and bend toward the potted plant while speaking incomprehensibly, several big question marks floated above Stelle's head.
Bro, do you have vision problems or something?
That's not a person. That's a decorative potted plant, hey!
Suddenly, this person turned around and saw March 7th.
"A lady?"
"Please allow me to sincerely praise you. You are like a flower blooming on a winter snowfield… Oh?"
Before he finished his praise, the man's peripheral vision caught sight of Stelle walking over.
"This is another beautiful lifeform."
Stelle pointed at her own face in astonishment. March 7th could only helplessly spread her hands.
They had discovered that this person's way of doing things seemed a bit… outside the normal scope.
"I have yet to introduce myself—I am called Argenti, from the Knights of Pure Beauty. May I have the honor of learning the two ladies' esteemed names?"
Argenti's manner was elegant, and his etiquette was extremely proper. Not a single flaw could be picked out.
Stelle: "I am the Galaxy Baseball Girl."
"Uh… Please, be a little more serious…"
March 7th lightly elbowed Stelle. The girl's intuition told her that the person in front of them was probably not a bad person.
Uncle Yang, Himeko, and Leon were nearby. If the other party had ill intentions…
Okay, Leon wasn't here. He had gone down to check.
Only he on the train possessed the ability to walk freely through the universe. It was most convenient for him to handle this.
"Hello, Argenti. I'm March 7th. She's Stelle."
Argenti: "Very pleased to meet the two of you. My apologies. Just now I was explaining the meaning of beauty to this potted plant."
"Forgive my abruptness. Out of habit, I would like to ask the two of you: As fellow lives in the universe, do you know of the goddess Idrila of Pure Beauty?"
"Wait a second. Were you really sincerely praising me just now?" Stelle's eyes were filled with suspicion.
"Why? Why would you ask that?" Argenti had a sincere expression. "Please do not doubt yourself, lady."
Stelle: "But you even praised the potted plant…"
"My words and actions contain no falsehood. I believe this potted plant's heart is as clear as a mirror."
Ah?
No, how can a potted plant have a heart… Stelle was complaining inwardly.
Argenti placed his palm on his chest and formally bent at the waist to offer a salute.
"Lady, I have already briefly introduced Pure Beauty to you. Now I am very curious—do you recognize this ideology and believe in Idrila?"