"If you don't mind, you can call me Cyrene."
Cyrene replied politely.
"Real name?" Acheron asked subconsciously.
Cyrene smiled but didn't speak, asking back, "And you?"
"Acheron."
"Real name?"
This time, it was Acheron's turn to be silent.
"Are you... married?"
Acheron noticed the ring on her ring finger and spoke with considerable surprise.
"Oh, this."
Hearing this, Cyrene rubbed the simple ring with the pad of her finger, affection rising in her eyes.
"Hmm... I guess it doesn't quite count."
After all, it was one-sided; Cyrene hadn't put a ring on him.
If there was a chance, the wedding would definitely have to be redone.
"Are you conducting a census here?"
Leon interrupted Acheron and pointed to another country boy inside the car.
"There's another villager here, why don't you ask him?"
He pointed at Phainon.
Phainon scratched his head, looking a bit embarrassed.
Acheron turned her gaze to Phainon, and that face caused her to daze for a brief moment again.
So many familiar faces on this train.
Acheron certainly knew.
In this universe, there are countless similar yet different worlds, and countless similar yet different people. She had encountered old friends on strange planets more than once.
Although these old friends had different fates and experiences, their final endings were always the same.
Acheron thought this as her gaze fell upon Leon.
These were the only two people she had seen in many worlds who had obtained a different ending.
And the cause of all this could only be him.
"Leon, peach, for you to eat!"
Demiurge handed the white peach to him, her tail wagging happily as if claiming credit.
"I won't eat it, you eat it."
Leon hadn't expected that a simple peach could make Demiurge so happy.
When using Cyrene's appearance, she might have been somewhat influenced by the original host, causing Demiurge to look a bit more mature. But once she turned back into Haki-mi, it was obvious.
She really still had the temperament of a child.
"Peach, tasty!"
Demiurge didn't stand on ceremony with him; she exclaimed happily after taking a bite.
"By the way, do we have a mechanic here?"
Frebass looked at her tattered vehicle and asked somewhat embarrassedly.
"A mechanic?"
Leon looked at Anaxagoras. "Anaxagoras, take a look?"
If it couldn't be fixed, he would step in as a last resort.
Anaxagoras nodded and stepped forward to inspect it.
"Everyone on the Astral Express really is a good person!"
Seeing that this group not only didn't hold her accountable for her actions but was actually willing to help repair her ship, Frebass exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.
"Not staying?" Leon asked.
Needing the vehicle repaired implied she didn't intend to stay long.
Yet Frebass clearly looked like she yearned for the Astral Express.
Given the coincidence of meeting and successfully joining, she still wanted to leave.
What exactly was the matter?
"No."
Frebass had a smile on her face as she shook her head.
"Although I really want to stay, I still have my own goal to achieve. Just being able to put my name on the Astral Express is already the fortune of three lifetimes for me."
There was light in her eyes.
"Passenger Frebass..."
This was the first Nameless to choose to get off since the Astral Express restarted.
Pom-Pom's mood was somewhat complex.
Not every Nameless would choose to stay forever.
Coming and going—this was the norm for the Nameless.
Just like Mikhail; after choosing the destination of his life,
It was time to get off the train.
Pom-Pom was already used to it and, of course, had made the corresponding mental preparations.
They just didn't expect it to come so early; they thought it would be a long time later.
"Then what is your goal?" Leon looked at her and asked.
"My goal is to walk a path deeper and farther than Akivili. For this, I want to go to a place even Akivili hasn't been to!"
Frebass voiced her ideal.
"Life is nothing more than a road with an inevitable end. I will walk to the terminus with my own two feet!"
She continued with considerable confidence.
"Uh, Amphoreus?"
A place Akivili hadn't been to—Leon figured, wasn't that just Amphoreus?
Heh, I was there when Amphoreus was established. What are you pretending for, little junior?
"What is that place?"
Frebass blinked, obviously not recognizing this newly emerged planet.
"It's not?"
Then there are quite a few places Akivili hasn't been to, huh.
"No."
Frebass shook her head.
"The place I want to go is the depths of 'IX', the end of 'The Nihility'!"
The little Nameless uttered a massive boast.
"'IX'?"
If Leon remembered correctly, that should be the Aeon of 'The Nihility'.
He had never greeted that one before.
"How will you go?"
Could she do it with just a spaceship?
"By launching myself in, of course!"
Frebass placed her hands on her hips.
"Do you know where 'IX' is?"
So badass? You can even doxx a location like that?
"I don't know," she replied self-righteously.
Leon was confused. "Then where exactly are you shooting yourself?"
"The planetary ring."
Frebass didn't mind answering this question.
"There's a black hole near there."
"Through the singularity inside the black hole, if luck is good, perhaps I can smoothly go to where 'IX' is."
Frebass herself was actually relying on luck.
No one in this world knew where 'IX' actually was, so how could she know?
It was just that she activated the shocking wisdom unique to 'The Trailblaze', invited the Patriarch Akivili to possess her, and finally came up with this bold...
And somewhat reasonable plan.
"Acceptable."
Leon gave his praise and was simultaneously very interested in this.
"Is your travel companion planning to go with you?"
"Yes."
Frebass nodded.
"I said a lot to her, but she still didn't change her mind in the end. As expected of my good partner!"
"Then, is it convenient to bring me along?"
Leon indicated he wanted to buy in.
"Eh? Mr. Navigator wants to go too?"
Frebass hadn't expected this answer.
"A place Akivili hasn't been to—isn't that an attraction a Nameless absolutely cannot refuse?"
Lying to you. Actually, Leon wanted to go and clash with 'IX'.
Detestable 'IX', actually daring not to attend his celebration of ascending to godhood. Even 'Terminus' had come to see him before. He must see exactly who this 'Nihility' Aeon is!
"The train requires fuel to run. If we can really get to the place you mentioned, that fuel should be enough for the train to burn for a long time."
This stuff was what Pom-Pom had said before.
"It's very dangerous, you know. One careless slip and you might lose your life."
Frebass said seriously.
"Are you implying I should avoid its sharp edge?"
Leon had never been inferior to anyone in his life.
"Wait for me a moment. I'll ask the other members if they want to go."
He didn't give Frebass a chance to refuse, settling the matter directly.
Then he turned his head to ask the Golden Progeny.
He mentioned the risks, then asked if these travelers wanted to join.
In the end, they decided to go, and the candidates were still decided by drawing lots.
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