The two expended a great deal of effort before they finally pulled Welt, who was standing at the edge of the overpass, back.
"Uncle Yang, what are you doing!" March 7th shouted with difficulty.
"Don't mind me. I just wanted to experience free fall."
"You can experience free fall later. Our phone chat apps aren't working!"
"…"
After a moment of silence, Welt also took out his phone:
"Is it because we didn't pay the bill? Or is it because of the Stellaron issue causing the network on the Xianzhou to be too poor?"
"No way. Other functions still work. See?!"
March 7th opened the browser, casually searched a term, and a bunch of information popped up.
Clearly, the phone had internet.
Welt pushed up his glasses and said in a deep voice:
"Then it can only be that someone tampered with it. Since Kafka is involved, this is probably the work of that little hacker from the Stellaron Hunters."
"Damn it, I can't watch videos anymore." Zeig cursed.
"Wow, we're on a mission here and you're still thinking about watching videos?!" March 7th was utterly speechless.
"We should balance work and rest."
"With me here, what video could be better than me? Look at me!" March 7th flipped her hair, looking stunningly beautiful.
"…"
After glancing at March 7th, Zeig shifted his gaze back to his phone screen:
"Good thing I downloaded a few beforehand."
"…You motherfucker."
March 7th's curiosity was hooked just like that.
What kind of video was so amazing?
She silently leaned over next to Zeig, her gaze falling on the screen.
"Woof woof~ Woof!"
"Woof!"
…
"Woof woof woof woof~!"
On the screen, a small, snow-white creature was lying on some deck, sticking out its tongue and barking.
Its tail wagged back and forth, looking extremely cute.
"Peppy?! You've come all the way to the Xianzhou and you still can't forget to watch her!"
"What's wrong? Don't you know dogs are humanity's best friends?"
"March 7th is also humanity's best friend!"
"Looking at it every day gets boring. Beauty is nothing but pink skulls in the end."
"???"
"Then Peppy won't turn into a skeleton?"
"She will live forever in my heart."
"Get lost—!!"
Seeing the two start wrestling again, Welt checked the time and then spoke:
"It's about time. Let's go meet up with Tingyun."
"Tingyun? She's just another pink skeleton." Zeig, who was currently being beaten by March 7th, said so.
"Whether she's a skeleton or not, set that aside for now." Welt said in a deep voice:
"After all, we promised Jing Yuan to track Kafka. We should finish the task first."
…
When Tingyun saw the three finally return, she smiled:
"Hehe, you're here. Are you ready?"
Ready?
March 7th narrowed her eyes, recalling the scene earlier.
Other than failing to send a message to Dan Heng, they hadn't prepared anything.
Zeig nodded and said solemnly:
"Psychologically, we're ready."
"So that's what we were doing psychological preparation for?!"
"What else? What else did we prepare besides that?"
"I've discovered that every time before we do something big, there's always this kind of segment! In the end it's completely the same as before preparation!"
"Psychological preparation is still preparation."
Welt automatically blocked out the noisy voices of the two and asked Tingyun:
"Miss Tingyun, are we heading directly to Stargazer Navalia?"
"Hehe, no need to be in such a hurry."
Tingyun covered her mouth and laughed:
"Stargazer Navalia is under the jurisdiction of the Artisanship Commission. It took some time to get the reporting permit. So I took the opportunity to inquire about some information. However…"
"However what?"
"However… Mr. Welt, didn't you used to call me stinky woman? Why did you change how you address me?"
"…Please forget about those things."
"Oh oh~ Okay. Mr. Welt really is a fickle man."
Seeing Welt's expression gradually darken, Tingyun didn't continue the topic and picked up where she left off:
"Just like Cloudford, the Diviner in Stargazer Navalia has also stopped operating, and the sentries have been lost. The Cloud Knights are busy checking the Stellaron's location and have no time for other matters."
Beside them.
March 7th, who was wrestling with Zeig over a small lion-like creature, freed one hand, wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and asked in confusion:
"No time for other matters? Then why were there still so many Cloud Knights coming to the restaurant to catch us earlier… They didn't look very busy!"
"…Miss March is joking. That was also squeezed out from their busy schedule. After all, at that time, the Xianzhou was very uneasy about the origins of the three of you."
"So now you're at ease?"
"Sigh." Tingyun sighed:
"Even if we're not at ease, there's nothing we can do. The Palace of Astrum has already been torn down once."
"Since General Jing Yuan has spoken, this little lady naturally believes in all the benefactors. Rather… this little lady has believed in you very much from the very beginning!"
"Hm?"
At this moment, Zeig, who was being pinned under the small lion-shaped creature by March 7th, couldn't help turning his head to refute Tingyun:
"Bullshit. From the beginning you were thinking of locking us up in prison. Don't think we forgot about that!"
Tingyun pursed her lips, looking wronged as she lowered her head, her ears drooping:
"There were Cloud Knight brothers there at the time, and this little lady also has the identity of a ferry envoy. Naturally I had to handle official business officially."
She looked up pitifully:
"At that time, I had a thousand reluctances in my heart, but due to my position, I could only say some unpleasant official words."
Seeing the two wrestling on the ground about to interrupt again, Welt endured his headache and said in a deep voice:
"Miss Tingyun, let's return to our previous topic. Don't pay attention to Zeig and March anymore."
Only now did Welt finally realize how good Dan Heng was.
Steady and obedient, unlike these two.
He slightly tilted his head and glanced at Zeig and March 7th on the ground.
"Huh? Where are they?!"
"Mr. Welt, those two… went off in the direction of the snack stalls."
"…"
"No matter. Miss Tingyun, just tell me the specific information. They can follow us later."
"Mm, good."
"Where were we just now?"
"…"
"…"
Tingyun let out an awkward laugh, blinked, and said tentatively:
"Then… shall we start over?"
"Please."
…
"That's how things are… Mr. Welt, to track Kafka's whereabouts, I brought a helper."
Tingyun smiled and pointed at the empty ground beside her, introducing:
"It's called Diting. I used some connections to borrow this treasure for pursuing fugitives from the Artisanship Commission."
Welt silently lowered his head.
A cold wind blew past.
The two remained silent.
"Huh? Where's my Diting?!"
"Guess why those two were fighting just now."
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