Ratio: Hmm?
Zhongli: What are you looking at?
Ratio: I always feel like there are other people in this room.
Mei: Are there?
Mei looked around.
Three white walls, one blackboard.
Following Ratio's gaze, the corner was empty, without even a shadow.
Mei: Am I being paranoid?
Ratio: No, I can feel a faint, noisy buzzing in my ears.
...
In the corner.
Aventurine was whispering.
Aventurine: In that case, let's trust this knowledgeable professor. With his intelligent brain, he's sure to answer correctly.
Hu Tao: Don't worry~ Mr. Zhongli, who knows everything, is also here. He'll definitely have a solution; he's also very smart.
Kiana: ZZZ.
...
The video began to play.
First, the members of the Star Rail discussed their next destination on the train.
The ocean planet, Rusalka.
Mikhail: My homeland, it was once very beautiful, at least... before that Stellaron arrived.
The agate world, Merulstein.
Idrila: ...
Argenti: Idrila!
The Eternal Land, Omphalos.
Trailblazer: Eh, that's strange, why isn't there anyone related to this speaking?
Black Swan: Omphalos is the convergence point of three Path...
The choice was three.
But through the previous PV, the audience already knew that the train's next destination was the Eternal Land, Omphalos.
With the goal set, the plot, as usual, started with familiarization.
During this process, a being that should have disappeared appeared before everyone's eyes.
Robin: Brother.
Old Odi: Sunday.
Huo Huo: Chicken wing boy.
Gallagher: I didn't expect to be able to express my opinion in this identity again.
Trailblazer: I feel like countless eyes are staring at me, I'm so scared!
March 7th: ...Are our lives being spoiled by this video?
Dan Heng: Unbelievable.
During this time, Black Swan acted as a guide, roughly explaining Penacony to the Trailblazer.
March 7th was sick, her haggard mental state prevented her from joining in the fun with everyone.
Ever since they approached Omphalos, March 7th's mental state had been getting worse and worse.
Some viewers had already guessed that March 7th was a foreshadowing laid in the video.
Carrying a camera, the Trailblazer and Dan Heng went ahead as vanguards.
The carriages separated, and after Pam the conductor's countdown ended, they headed towards Omphalos.
...
On the journey, the Trailblazer had a "dream."
In the dream, she met a pink-haired floating figure similar to Fei Yu Wan, who kept repeating the words "Mimi."
Mimi: Mimi!
Fei Yu Wan: Hello there~
Paimon: You too?
However, this was also a foreshadowing.
In the dark night sky, a certain carriage of the Star Rail sailed alone.
The Trailblazer and Dan Heng didn't know what kind of civilization Omphalos was.
History books had no record.
Black Swan only knew roughly.
A planet that even Akivili, the aeon of trailblaze, had failed to set foot on, was now being explored by them, representing trailblaze.
This feeling was truly unprecedentedly exciting.
Of course...
Something even more exciting happened soon.
The Trailblazer, who had just woken up from her dream, hadn't even had time to look at the scenery outside the window.
A scorching blaze instantly lit up a small patch of the night sky, shooting directly at the train in an arrow-like formation, accompanied by a piercing roar.
Trailblazer: Man!!!
Dan Heng: What does that mean?
Trailblazer: I don't know, it just came out subconsciously. I don't know why I thought of that English word.
March 7th: But, being attacked right upon arriving at Omphalos, this is much more dangerous than previous trailblaze journeys!
As March 7th said, the struck train carriage could no longer maintain basic flight; it was pulled by gravity to an immeasurable peak.
Robin: Are you okay?
Trailblazer: I'm fine. Based on my understanding of myself, as long as Kafka doesn't come to tell me something, nothing will go wrong!
Kafka: Smile.jpg.
Traveler: No injury if there's smoke.
Captain: Normal, it's just a crash, no one dies.
Fu Hua: But your civilization has actually conquered Kokomi. Sorry, my mind might have misunderstood me, I typed the wrong character.
Coral Palace Xin Hai: -3.
...
After some time, cutting to the Trailblazer's perspective.
She opened her eyes.
All around were ruins.
One could vaguely tell that the place they were in was once a palace, but how distant that "once" was remained unknown.
The train had crashed.
Dan Heng lay there with his eyes closed.
As the Trailblazer, the greatest fun-seeker and unofficial envoy of the Path, she naturally wouldn't show a worried expression at this moment.
She raised her right hand, preparing to give Dan Heng a dramatic rescue, but unfortunately...
He woke up at that moment.
Dan Heng: ?
Trailblazer: Emmm.
March 7th: This must be the personality of a Honkai character, how could she... It seems it's not entirely impossible either.
After a brief conversation, the Trailblazer followed the guidance of the pink floating object from her dream and walked towards an ancient, rustic door.
This door... was out of place with its surroundings.
It was as if... it was just an ancient, rustic door!
