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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: The End of the World

Beside Falken were two other individuals; one of them, a lively-looking young woman with glasses, was named **Lazarina Jean Estella**.

She held out a drink to **Mikhail** and said, "Mikhail, with your skills, making a large projection device must be a piece of cake! Come on! Drink this, then take it apart, figure it out, and come back for more!"

But no sooner had she finished speaking than a brown-haired man, with a posture as upright as a pine tree and eyes as firm as a blade, spoke up to halt her idea.

"Lazarina, for such a large-scale, suspected technological creation to suddenly appear in this uninhabited starfield, it doesn't seem simple, does it? Let me, the guard of the Stellaron Express, investigate first before we decide how to handle it."

After saying this, without waiting for his companions' reactions, he took off his coat and approached the door of the Stellaron Express, intending to "walk" through the cosmic expanse of this so-called "Death Starfield," as if he wasn't worried about surviving in such an extreme environment.

Just as he was about to open the observation car's door, Falken, the Navigator, suddenly spoke up.

"No need; that thing has changed; it seems something is about to happen.

Get ready; in the worst-case scenario, we might have to depart from this starfield."

Sure enough, the previously empty giant light screen now displayed the four large characters: "Vision of the End."

Unlike the "unknown" starfields that had not been explored by the Stellaron Express, as veteran members who had traveled and blazed trails throughout the universe, they immediately recognized that the key part of "Vision of the End" was the two characters "the end."

Was this something created by the Star God born at the end of the universe—the "End King" of "the end"—for some purpose? It remained unknown.

Like the Xianzhou Alliance, the Stellaron Express in their respective timelines also witnessed this light screen.

Among them was **Dora**, a "Crystalize" known as the "Star-Clad Dancer," and one of the Stellaron Express's former Navigators.

According to the Stellaron Express records, Dora was a musician from **Tiafu**.

Hearing of **Akivili**'s deeds, she gladly boarded the Stellaron Express, hoping to cross the sea of stars and compose new poems for the Trailblaze.

She was also a universally famous singer; at that time, she enjoyed immense popularity across the universe, rivaling **Robin**.

Many Nameless boarded the Stellaron Express just to hear her sing; it is said that Akivili once paused to listen during her performance and had a long talk with her afterward.

However, it was during her tenure as Navigator that Akivili, the Star God of the Trailblaze and the spiritual leader of the Stellaron Express, fell.

At that moment, an irreversible Crystalize phenomenon appeared on Dora's body.

After three days of incessant singing, she entrusted the heavy responsibility of Navigator to others and remained forever beneath that starry sky.

There was also the intelligent machine Navigator, **San-3000**, known as "the Beacon" and "Pioneer of the Silver Sea."

There was "I See," the "Stargazer" known as the "Time Sentry."

And there was **Granholm**, the "Youngster" known as the "Red Child of Chasing Light," who became the Stellaron Express's Navigator at only 17 years old.

They and other past Navigators, influenced by this "Vision of the End," would witness in advance the legendary story of the Stellaron Express, which would reappear in the galaxy after years of disappearance and re-embark on its journey, blazing trails along the path laid out for it by the "end" faction, the Stellaron Hunters!

Of course, far more people than just the Xianzhou Alliance and the Stellaron Express could see this light screen.

In various corners of the vast universe across different timelines, many individuals—those with special identities, noble statuses, or unique skills, as well as those who had extraordinary encounters—could also perceive it.

**Jarilo-VI.**

At this time, **Herta** had already become a member of the Genius Society renowned throughout the universe, but she had not yet experienced 19 crises, each capable of destroying an entire planet.

Nor had she established the Space Station "Herta," floating in the planet's near-Earth orbit above Jarilo-VI.

Even less had she gathered four Geniuses to jointly develop and research the Star God project—the "Simulated Universe."

Herta took off her pointed hat and gazed at the sky, which was not dazzling due to the celestial curtain, and couldn't help but feel distressed.

"What's going on? My research just started making progress; is Jarilo-VI about to experience another major crisis?"

Since Herta was noticed by the Star God of Elation, the lord of knowledge, and became a Genius, she had saved this world more than ten times.

Each crisis occurred when her research was on the verge of significant progress and a major breakthrough.

But Jarilo-VI was her home; no matter how important her research topic was, she couldn't just watch her home be destroyed without reacting.

Looking at the celestial curtain in the sky, she felt deeply helpless but still analyzed it seriously.

"After a simple test, it can be confirmed that this thing has no traces of technological composition, nor can any fluctuations of imaginary energy be detected... And it seems almost no one on Jarilo-VI can see it except for me, a Genius?"

Herta couldn't help but feel a deep curiosity about this and suddenly became interested, wanting to take it apart and study it thoroughly...

**Honkai World, Current Civilization.**

"Aunt Himeko, look out the window, what's that? Ow!"

No sooner had **Kiana** finished speaking than a piece of chalk flying from the podium hit her squarely on the left side of her forehead, causing her to plop directly onto the ground.

"Kiana, it's class time; please raise your hand before speaking, and also... you should address me as—Teacher!"

After saying this, **Himeko** also looked out the window.

Although she didn't understand what it was, it seemed it wouldn't temporarily affect her ability to continue the class.

Kiana, covering her reddened forehead, crawled out from under the desk.

"Most of the other students don't seem to see it. **Mei**, can you see that thing?"

**Raiden Mei** looked at Kiana, who was rubbing her forehead and asking her, somewhat helplessly: "Kiana, although I can see it, you should wait until after class to say that..."

"—Ow!"

Before Raiden Mei could finish speaking, another piece of chalk flew towards Kiana's forehead, hitting her squarely on the right side, forming a perfectly symmetrical pattern with the left side.

"Idiot Kiana, you never learn.

You completely deserve it!"

Seeing Kiana's misfortune, **Bronya** also secretly reminded her from the side, feeling helpless.

**Schicksal Headquarters, Sky Base.**

**Otto** looked at the projection curtain, which was considerably taller than the Sky Base he had gone to such great lengths to build, and couldn't help but stroke his chin and chuckle: "'Vision of the End,' eh? Interesting!"

But then, he immediately thought of some information that might be related to it, and his expression darkened.

The term "the end" should refer to the ultimate outcome of something, while the word "vision" reminded him of the first-rated power of the "Key of Eternity, Thousand Realms Onefold"—"Vision Inversion."

"The end"... "Finality," "vision"... "World."

"World of Finality"... Could it be that the world is going to face Finality prematurely?

Then my plan...

Thinking of this, Otto clenched his fists.

He would absolutely not allow any variables to stop the implementation of his plan, not even the Honkai he had always protected, nor the Herrscher of Finality; he would contend with them!

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