Selling art on the streets?
These two young girls... are they performers?
Across the infinite dimensions, as countless viewers saw this scene, they all felt a strange, inexplicable feeling.
The previous scene was clearly telling a story, but then the next scene abruptly changed its style.
And... the location where these two girls were was also interesting.
The architecture was clearly ancient, yet it was filled with futuristic elements.
Exquisite facilities, convenient shops, and even unknown flying vehicles in the sky.
Everything here reminded the viewers of the previous viewing. This place was not the quaint ancient era they imagined.
[Detective Conan: "That girl... from the Eastern Ancient Country? The art style of this place... I remember seeing it during the Summer Solstice..." ]
[... "Catching bullets with your bare hands, is that something a normal person can do?"]
[It seems that what I said before was a bit of a fluke. Normal person... from the looks of it, a truly ordinary person hasn't appeared yet.]
However, the girl nicknamed "Little Gui" was clearly just an ordinary person. Aside from her impressive feat of catching a bullet with her bare hands, the rest of her was no different from a normal person.
[Black Tiger Ah Fu: "Let's not talk about Little Gui for now. That girl... what's her situation? Could it be a parallel world? Or is it..."]
Recalling the Star Rail universe that had appeared in the previous viewing, Fu Hua fell into deep thought. It was different from a parallel world. That Sushang... what was she exactly...
[Li Sushang: "Oh? My doppelganger has appeared too? But she looks a bit young. Still, she's a martial artist. I wonder what her skills are like?"]
Unlike Fu Hua, who thought so much, when Li Sushang saw her doppelganger appear, her first impression was that she was younger than her, followed by a focus on her martial arts ability.
After all, she was her doppelganger, and Li Sushang herself... was a once-in-a-century martial arts prodigy!
[Sushang: "Wait... no way. That's... me and Little Gui? Weren't we just talking about our world? How did we show up again, and..."]
Unlike the other viewers outside the light curtain, as one of the subjects, Sushang felt a strange sense of shame watching herself in the video.
So this is what it feels like to be on the screen? It's not as great as I imagined!
Especially since she was still clumsy with her words. What if she accidentally said something terrible? Wouldn't that be a complete social death?!
Oh no, Mother... save me!
[Little Gui: "I'm on the light curtain! Doesn't that mean... I'm famous?"]
Guinaifen, who was watching the light curtain during her livestream, was a burst of excitement. Holy smokes, this isn't just getting famous in the cosmos, this is getting famous across the infinite dimensions.
Watching the data in her livestream room skyrocket, Guinaifen suddenly felt like she had been hit by a heavenly lottery.
Just from that one moment, she felt her fame was about to surpass Robin's!
Robin might be a big star in the cosmos, but she had directly entered the infinite dimensions.
"No, no, no, I can't get excited. I have to stay calm! Sudden fame isn't necessarily a good thing. From now on, I must restrain myself even more!"
Patting her cheeks, Guinaifen quickly calmed down from her excitement. In the thousands of years of Xianzhou history, there had been many people like her who had suddenly become famous.
Countless people had their careers collapse after becoming famous, so Guinaifen understood better than anyone the importance of maintaining her original intentions.
---o---
[On the light curtain, following Guinaifen's performance, the camera gradually pulled back.]
[It slowly left the street where the two girls were, moving towards the more distant cosmos.]
[In an instant, a magnificent structure appeared before the eyes of the audience across the infinite dimensions.]
[That massive ship, as large as a planet, floated slowly in the cosmos. The area where Guinaifen and Sushang were was just a tiny, insignificant corner of this massive Xianzhou.]
[The Xianzhou Luofu... one of the six great flagships of the Xianzhou Alliance. It sails through the endless sea of stars, an arrow with no return, aimed at the nemesis of the Lord of The Hunt.]
In the cosmos, besides the Interastral Peace Corporation, what other factions could be called powerful?
Without a doubt, the Xianzhou Alliance would be on that list!
Even if their overall strength was not as great as the IPC's, there were times when people would rather offend the IPC than the Xianzhou.
After all, the IPC was very pragmatic. Without sufficient benefits, they wouldn't act rashly. But the Xianzhou was different... Enemies for a thousand autumns, companions through myriad kalpas.
If you offended the Xianzhou, you could forget about getting away clean, even if you had heaven-defying skills.
Just look at Abundance and Destruction, the two Aeons called "Voracity" by the Xianzhou. They could be said to be the two greatest enemies of the Xianzhou Alliance.
The battle between the Xianzhou and them had been going on for several thousand years. Especially with Abundance, it was a practically unending war.
Their faith was in their Aeon. If they did not eliminate the "Yaoshi" of Abundance, it was feared that the Aeon of The Hunt would not rest in peace... although he couldn't die anyway.
The screen returned to the interior of the Xianzhou. Amidst cheers, the sky gradually darkened, and Guinaifen's solo show came to an end.
"Ah, I'm so tired today. It's been a long time since I performed for so long at once!"
On the way home, Guinaifen stretched, while Sushang yawned and said, "Now you know you're tired. Weren't you full of energy just now?"
"Hehe, that's because there was an audience," Guinaifen摸了摸her head and replied to Sushang.
And at that moment, as the two were turning a corner, an accident happened...
BOOM—
A deafening thunderclap echoed. A straight bolt of lightning suddenly shot out from the alley, striking Guinaifen's body with extreme speed!
Thud—
How could Guinaifen, who wasn't even a Pathstrider, possibly withstand this thunderbolt?
She was sent flying, drawing an arc in the air, and then... fell to the ground, right in front of... Sushang!
"Little Gui!!" The sudden turn of events left Sushang's mind unable to process it.
A blank slate... After Guinaifen was struck by the fatal blow, Sushang, who had never experienced such a thing, her mind went completely blank for a moment.
Just a moment ago, they were talking and laughing, and now this had suddenly happened.
What was that thing? Lightning? But doesn't lightning fall from the sky? Why did it come from the side?
Without a second thought, Sushang quickly ran towards the spot where Guinaifen had fallen, using the fastest speed of her life.
However... no matter how Sushang searched, she couldn't see even half a shadow of Guinaifen.
[In immense pain, she hurriedly headed towards the Realm-Keeping Commission, hoping to file a case as soon as possible and find the missing Guinaifen!]
---o---
This... so suddenly?
In the Star Rail world, on the Xianzhou Luofu, Guinaifen's earlier excitement was now completely gone.
No one would be happy to see themselves struck by lightning, with their fate unknown.
And to make matters worse, Sushang couldn't even find her body in the end. Wasn't that even more tragic? Her body was gone!
She, Little Gui, had been diligent and hardworking all her life, never doing anything to offend the heavens. How did she attract a heavenly thunderbolt?
This thing... was clearly aimed at her. Did the heavenly thunderbolt have a performance quota to meet, and she just happened to run into its path?
I'm screwed. I don't know what happened, but I'm definitely a goner.
Guinaifen sighed deeply. She knew her own capabilities.
Getting struck like that, there was no way she could survive. Catching a bullet with her bare hands was, in the end, just an artistic creation. She herself was not a powerful Pathstrider, just an ordinary Xianzhou outworlder. There was no chance of survival.
But to die right at the start was just too miserable. Was she just here to be a cameo...
---o---
[Light Curtain Commentary]
[Utaha Kasumigaoka: "Struck by lightning, and her body is missing. This is too obvious. It's a common trope in isekai novels..."]
[Yukino Yukinoshita: "Sigh... that's true. Even someone like me who never reads light novels has heard of it..."]
[Fallen Black Cat: "Seriously, how old is this transmigration trope? You're just bullying the people in the infinite dimensions who haven't seen it before."]
[Sushang: "Wait... my brain isn't working right. You guys mean... Guinaifen didn't die?"]
In the Star Rail world, Sushang exclaimed in surprise as she watched the comments on the light curtain.
The novel culture of the Xianzhou also mentioned transmigration by lightning strike. But unfortunately, neither Guinaifen nor Sushang were people who read novels often, so they both assumed that the Sushang in the video was already dead.
But for these culturally rich worlds, being struck by lightning and then transmigrating was a basic operation in an isekai series.
Combined with the content of the previous few videos, there was no doubt: Guinaifen... had transmigrated!
---o---
[On the light curtain, following the investigation of the scene by the people from the Realm-Keeping Commission, the screen faded to black, shifting the scene to another location.]
"A strange sky..."
She wanted to sleep a little longer, but the sunlight was too glaring, and the surrounding temperature was mercilessly roasting her.
So... Guinaifen could only climb up from the sand.
Wait... sand?
Looking at the sand trickling through her fingers, Guinaifen couldn't help but gulp.
She was on the Xianzhou before, with Sushang.
Then... it seemed there was a bolt of lightning, and then she blacked out and arrived here.
She turned her head to look around. Dry land, howling wind, the air was as scorching as a fire, without a trace of life.
Despite her reluctance to admit it, but... this place probably wasn't the Xianzhou, but... a desert!!
"Oh no, oh no, what happened? Did I travel through time?"
Guinaifen looked at the completely unfamiliar scene before her, not knowing how to describe it.
What was going on with the sky? Why was there a strange circle? And what about the surroundings? She had just gotten off the stage, she hadn't even had a few sips of water!
Traveling to a bad place was one thing, but to a desert? She didn't even know if there was a signal here, if she could contact the Realm-Keeping Commission or the Cloud Knights. With the Xianzhou's power, rescuing her and bringing her back should be a piece of cake!
Thinking of this, she hurriedly took out her own phone.
This was her dedicated streaming phone, the latest model produced by the Interastral Peace Corporation. She had gritted her teeth and spent a lot of her savings to buy this smartphone, which claimed that as long as you were still in the cosmos, you would definitely have a signal.
"..."
A period of time passed. As Guinaifen operated it, her expression also gradually changed.
From the initial joy of it working normally, to the despair when all her distress signals failed to send.
"Damn it! 'IPC products, guaranteed quality!' It's all just deceptive marketing! This is completely useless!"
All the messages failed to send due to signal problems, which made the already lonely Guinaifen even more desperate.
She subconsciously wanted to throw away the useless device in her hand, but alas... this thing had cost her more than half her savings. She really couldn't bear to part with it.
Careless. She should have bought the Xianzhou model with Sushang. The "far ahead" Xianzhou smartphones were much better than this useless thing!
The more she thought like this, the more upset Guinaifen became. The few years of stable life she had finally managed to live... were all gone now.
"Sigh..." That being said, Guinaifen was not someone who would give up so easily. Her life of wandering as a child had long since forged her character of not fearing hardship.
"Let's head in one direction first and see if I can walk out of this desert... I hope this planet isn't just a desert..."
Guinaifen muttered to herself, then took a deep breath and opened the compass on her phone.
"Good, at least the compass still works. It seems this IPC phone isn't completely useless."
Seeing the normal function was still there, Guinaifen patted her chest in relief, chose a direction, and walked towards the distance without looking back.
And just at that moment... just as Guinaifen had taken two steps, the phone in her hand suddenly vibrated.
"Huh?" The sudden situation immediately caught Guinaifen's attention. A flash of a message reignited her hope.
"New video has over 100,000 views? On a desolate planet with no signal, I can actually receive such a message."
As usual, Guinaifen opened the website she often streamed on, but she discovered an amazing scene!
[Name: Guinaifen (Gwenevere)]
[Gender: Female]
[Class: Lancer]
[Attribute: ...]
[Inherent Skills: ...]
[...]
[Noble Phantasm: ???]
A series of information, like the data of a game character, was displayed in front of Guinaifen, making her feel dazed for a moment.
What was this? A hacker attack? A prank by the Masked Fools?
Oh my god... what kind of godforsaken place did I travel to?!
Sushang... save me—!]
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