Following Herta all the way to the room where the Curios were stored, they entered and saw all sorts of bizarre items.
But Momoshiki didn't even glance at these things; only Furina was curious.
He walked straight to the food section, his gaze sweeping around.
Endless bags of potato chips, constantly refilling drinks, small cakes that restored you with every bite, and fry boxes where you'd never know how many fries were inside until you opened them.
Momoshiki only took these four; he wasn't interested in the rest.
Herta, after bringing them there, immediately ran off to do research. Judging by her current demeanor, she probably wouldn't say anything even if they emptied the entire food section.
"What flavor is that small cake? Let me try some."
"Hmm."
Furina held the small cake in her left hand and took a shallow bite with a spoon in her right.
The taste, how should she put it, was decent, quite good. The texture was dense, the method novel, but she always felt something was missing, though she couldn't quite pinpoint it.
It seemed that all things made by technology had this kind of taste.
Eating as she walked towards the open-air platform, she found the Astral Express crew, Stelle, and Focalors all there.
And they seemed to be discussing something.
"What are you discussing?" Furina walked over and asked curiously.
"Oh? Furina, you've come at a good time."
Himeko smiled gently, placing her right hand on her chest and saying seriously:
"We're discussing matters concerning the train. I wonder if you're interested in becoming a Nameless?"
"Huh?!"
The sudden invitation startled Furina, and even the ahoge on her head twitched.
"Uh... that's too sudden. Although I'm also interested in the train, I'll still listen to Momoshiki."
Ultimately, he still had to plant trees in various universes. If he wasted all his time following the train crew doing good deeds across the universe, Momoshiki probably wouldn't be happy.
"Then what about Mr. Momoshiki?" Himeko asked softly.
Momoshiki in the Kamui Dimension glanced at Himeko.
Did she suddenly want them on the train because she wanted to recruit strong people to ensure the safety of the Astral Express in the universe, or simply because Focalors was interested in the universe?
The answer was clearly the former.
You want me to be a member of the train, so I can protect you when you encounter danger?
Himeko, you sly fox.
"I don't care."
After thinking for a while, Momoshiki reluctantly agreed.
"I heard that the Astral Express can be boarded and disembarked at any time. I often have many things to do, so just give me a title. You can come to me if you need anything."
"That's great!"
Seeing Momoshiki agree, March 7th immediately became happy, so excited that she almost pulled Furina to choose a room on the train, but was stopped by Dan Heng.
"Focalors, Stelle, what about you two?"
Momoshiki asked the two with one hand on his hip.
Focalors spread her hands, smirking, "I've already agreed to become a Nameless, but like you, I'll also be getting on and off the train."
"After all, I haven't finished seeing the current Fontaine yet. Leaving Teyvat directly like this would be too much of a pity."
"I've also joined the train."
Stelle's answer was very short, but her gaze was still fixed on Momoshiki with the same intensity as before.
Those black striped tattoos and white contact lenses were just too cool!
"Whatever you're thinking right now, immediately stop those unrealistic thoughts in your head," Momoshiki's eyelids twitched twice.
Why did being stared at by Stelle feel like being stared at by Aha? It was annoying and hard to adapt to.
"Can't you tattoo the same black lines on me too..."
Stelle poked her index fingers together, lowering her head, looking wronged.
"Impossible."
"Hmm..."
...
"Since things here are settled, we should return to Fontaine. What are your plans next?"
Focalors asked Himeko curiously.
"The train will be docked at the space station for a while. We lost a lot of supplies in this attack, so we'll have to wait for another batch of goods to be delivered."
Himeko said, rubbing her temples in distress.
Her coffee machine was working perfectly fine before, but a crucial part inexplicably broke. She bought a replacement online, but then the Antimatter Legion invaded, causing that part to break again.
It was strange, her package was clearly placed with March 7th's, but only her package was damaged, everything else was intact.
Alas... what bad luck...
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Momoshiki molded a bunch of small chakra pills with his Rinnegan, and shoved them all to Welt beside him.
"You should have kept that Flying Thunder God Kunai safe, right? If you need me, just use the usual method."
"Hmm, thank you."
Welt took the chakra pills, then adjusted his glasses. "Oh, right, you don't have cell phones yet, do you?"
Recalling Furina's appearance when she first entered the train, her expression clearly showed she hadn't seen electronic devices like televisions, so she must live in a place without signal.
"What's a cell phone?" Furina asked in confusion.
Hmm... the name "cell phone," does it mean a machine held in the hand? Like those rectangular things they often hold?
"A very convenient device with many functions," Himeko briefly introduced.
"Wait for me a moment, I'll go get you some cell phones. With these, our communication in this universe will be very convenient."
Saying this, Himeko turned and walked into the space station.
Welt whispered something into Dan Heng's ear. After hearing it, Dan Heng felt his back pain seemed to return, so he returned to the train early.
Then, while Pom-Pom was busy cleaning, he secretly slipped into the kitchen and found the electronic menu that Himeko had painstakingly prepared to celebrate the newcomers...
March 7th took her phone and pulled Furina, Focalors, and Stelle aside, giving them a detailed introduction.
The various novel functions made the few of them continuously amazed.
Just as everyone was engrossed in their research, Himeko walked over with four new cell phones.
"Everyone, these are the cell phones I got for you. I've already registered accounts for you, you can use them directly."
"Thank you!"
The few of them took the phones with some surprise, eagerly trying out all the functions: camera, music, games, everything.
Momoshiki, as a transmigrator, definitely understood cell phones very well, but he still stroked it with some cherish.
As a transmigrator, how long had it been since he played with a cell phone?
It was a pity this was the Honkai: Star Rail universe. He couldn't play Honkai: Star Rail or Genshin Impact, nor could he scroll through short videos or use the camera.
What a shame.
As he was researching, a friend request suddenly popped up in Furina's phone contacts. The profile picture seemed to be Herta.
She tapped the green checkmark, and the friend list showed a new friend.
"Is this adding a friend?" Furina asked Momoshiki in her mind.
"Yeah, ask Herta what's up."
Furina (since Himeko registered it, she didn't have a username): Is there anything you need by adding me?
Lady Herta's #1 Fan (unknown puppet's username): For easier contact in the future.
Lady Herta's #1 Fan: (Transfer: 50,000,000 Credits.)
Furina: ?
Lady Herta's #1 Fan: The value of that black sphere is far higher than I imagined. A few ordinary Curios can't measure it. It makes me feel like I'm taking too much advantage.
Furina: Oh.
Looking at the pending transfer notification on the phone screen, Furina asked in her mind, "How do I receive this?"
"Tap on that transfer."
Momoshiki was also quite surprised by Herta's sudden transfer of 50 million.
Although he didn't really need Credits, receiving them was still nice. Better to have them than not.
Furina tapped on the transfer information, saw various strange prompts, looked at them briefly, and figured she should choose the largest button.
Then she pressed it, successfully receiving 50 million.
"What are you researching?"
Focalors and Stelle curiously leaned over, just in time to see the 50 million transfer.
"Wow!" Stelle's eyes widened in surprise, reaching out to count, "1, 2, 3... I haven't even finished counting how many zeros there are."
Furina put away her phone without changing her expression.
50 million was indeed a lot, but she didn't know the value of Credits.
Even 50 million Mora was just one or two months of opera performances for Furina.
To measure the transaction amount of an entire universe, its denomination certainly couldn't be too high, otherwise, the currency value of one planet would not be equal to the resource value of another identical planet.
This would cause the currency to lose credibility and would also be used by unscrupulous people to launder money.
This was Furina's own understanding.
Although she was usually silly, she still had this basic thinking ability.
Listening to Furina's thoughts, Momoshiki was slightly surprised.
"Not bad, you can think clearly about this kind of problem."
Credits were indeed very magical. The currency denomination of any planet was higher than that of Credits.
But precisely because of this, Credits could have enough space to measure the value between various star systems.
"That's natural. If I were doing business, those merchants wouldn't have anything to do."
Furina proudly put her hands on her hips, slightly raising her head with a hint of tsundere.
"Really? How come I feel like you'd be scammed out of all your capital?"
"What nonsense! Hmph!"
(TV static sound effect...)
After a small joke, everyone added the train crew as friends, and then there was nothing else to do.
Welt ran back to the train, holding a tablet, researching something incomprehensible to ordinary people. Himeko looked at the empty menu with some confusion. Dan Heng was guiltily immersed in the ocean of knowledge in the data bank.
"Since everything's settled, let's go back to the Palais Mermonia. Neuvillette must be anxious after being gone for so long."
Momoshiki said, opening a portal and downloading a bunch of games.
He missed Fontaine's small cakes a bit. He wondered when Aequoria would return.
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March 7th curiously looked at the portal, finding it quite novel.
"Are you going back to the planet Teyvat you mentioned?"
"Yeah," Furina nodded.
"We've been out for so long, some people must be anxious, so we have to go back."
"I see..."
Hearing this answer, March 7th was a little reluctant.
It was rare to meet good friends with the same personality and intelligence, and they hadn't even had a good time playing together. Parting like this was quite sad.
"I also want to see Fontaine that you mentioned," Stelle said, one hand on her hip, blinking innocently.
"Huh?"
March 7th next to her froze for a moment.
Oh, right! Anyway, the train was going to be docked for a long time, and there was nothing to do during that time. Instead of spending boring days in the space station, why not visit another universe?
This was another universe! The train had never reached it throughout history, wouldn't that be even more interesting than interstellar travel?!
Why didn't I think of that?!
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