Afterward, Lumine learned from Levi that because Kiana had spoken without thinking, Stelle had found out that her location had been exposed.
She had already moved somewhere else from where she originally was.
In a place as large as the Luofu, playing hide-and-seek with someone was basically impossible.
Lumine could only temporarily give up on going offline to find the real Stelle and return to her own world, Teyvat, to serve as a teleportation anchor for Levi and Kiana.
"Paimon, let's go home!"
After ruthlessly mocking Stelle in the group chat, Lumine finished her breakfast, then reached out.
Amid Paimon's cries, she grabbed her, stuffed her into the chat group, and sent her to herself as a red packet.
Without caring that she was currently on a street surrounded by passersby, she directly transformed into a ray of light and disappeared from the spot.
The specks of light slowly faded away in the void.
The passersby were left completely stunned.
Stelle, who was carrying her luggage and running away, saw Lumine mocking her in the group chat. She merely sneered twice and did not reply.
"The Xianzhou has an old saying: A gentleman does not stand beneath a dangerous wall."
Someone like Lumine clearly couldn't possibly know that.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
———
On Herta's side, not long after Stelle left, a hurried knock sounded from outside.
When the door opened, March 7th was standing outside, looking into the room.
She asked, "Miss Herta, is that girl Stelle here? She secretly ran out to play, and everyone on the Astral Express is very worried about her."
Hearing this, Herta's gaze moved downward. March 7th was holding a longbow, with an arrow already nocked. She only needed to pull the bowstring to fire.
Clearly, she had not come looking for Stelle simply because she was "worried."
Since this was the other party's family matter, Herta had no intention of interfering and decided to repeat what Stelle had told her.
"She told me to tell you that she's dead. She asked you to set up a memorial tablet for her on the Astral Express and burn a few incense sticks."
"Dead?"
March 7th could not help sneering, but suddenly remembered that Herta was still standing in front of her and restrained the expression on her face.
After asking about some other details, she followed the direction Herta pointed in.
"I'd like to see how long you can keep hiding!"
Watching her leave, Herta closed the door and returned to her remodeled room.
All kinds of instruments had been installed inside.
She opened the terminal screen and looked at the information collected during this period.
"Levi, male, first entered the Luofu one year ago. Came to the Xianzhou seeking medicine because of a serious illness... Hometown, unknown, suspected to have been destroyed?"
"Not long ago, for an unknown reason, he caught Fu Xuan's attention and was granted an exception to enter the Divination Commission..."
Because of what Stelle had said earlier, Herta had begun investigating Levi in particular.
However, up until now, there was still no concrete evidence proving that Levi was the guy who had invaded Herta's Space Station back then.
That really gave Herta a headache.
Far too much time had been wasted on this matter.
Even the progress of the Simulated Universe had failed to reach expectations.
"Could it be that I can only let that guy get away with it..."
———
On the highest mountain near Liyue Harbor, Lumine's figure suddenly appeared.
Standing at the edge of the cliff, she looked at Liyue Harbor close by, a calmness showing in her eyes.
Facing the cold wind, she took a deep breath.
"Liyue! I'm back again!!!"
Unfortunately, no one heard her shout.
Lumine smacked her lips.
She opened the chat group and took Paimon out.
Paimon, who had just come out, took big breaths of fresh air.
"Lumine, can we use a different method next time? It's pitch-black in there, and it feels like I can't breathe."
Why did she say it only felt that way?
Because she had discovered that even if she did not breathe inside, at most she would only feel uncomfortable. She would not show any signs of dying.
"Lumine?"
When no voice answered her, Little Paimon raised her head and discovered that Lumine, who had been standing right in front of her moments ago, had disappeared.
Seeing this, she quickly turned her head and looked around.
She did not find any trace of her.
She scratched her head in confusion.
"Could she have forgotten something and gone back?"
"Ah!!!"
"..."
Hearing the commotion, Paimon went to where Lumine had been standing and looked down.
She saw Lumine clinging to a rock.
However, that rock had already begun shaking. Clearly, it could not support Lumine's weight.
"Lumine! How did you get over there?!"
"You think I wanted to?!"
She had slipped and fallen, and fortunately, she had grabbed onto a protruding rock along the way. Otherwise, she would have already become Lumine sauce.
Yes, literally sauce.
Though she was getting close to it now.
Lumine glanced downward, then immediately pulled her gaze back and shouted, "Hurry up and think of a way to save me!"
"I'll think of a way, I'll think of a way, I'll think of a way..."
At this moment, the chat group became active.
[Levi: @Lumine, ready yet?]
[Kiana: Um, can I not go?]
[Levi: You don't want to eat Liyue's food anymore?]
[Kiana: ...]
[Kiana: I'm going!]
When it came to eating, there was no way she could refuse.
Seeing the two of them, Lumine suddenly got an idea.
"Those two seem to be able to fly!"
As soon as she thought of this, she immediately typed two words into the group chat.
[Lumine: Come quick!]
[Ding! Levi & Kiana have requested to enter your world! Accept?]
Crash!
Another small rock broke loose and rolled down the mountain.
Lumine shuddered in fright.
"Accept!"
If she didn't accept, she really would be done for.
Levi, who had teleported to Teyvat, was just about to greet Lumine when he noticed that she was struggling to cling to a rock, with nothing but empty space beneath her feet.
"You..." Levi paused. "Are you rock climbing?"
'Wait!'
Before Lumine could answer, Levi suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
"She's rock climbing, and I'm looking at her from behind... So where am I standing?!"
Whoosh!
Bang!
By the time Lumine heard the noise and turned around, Levi had already disappeared from behind her. A human-shaped crater had appeared in the ground below.
Compared to Levi, Kiana was much luckier.
She had appeared directly on the mountain cliff and had not been teleported into midair by the chat group.
Looking at the large crater Levi had smashed into the ground, the corners of her mouth twitched twice. Then, amid Lumine's cries for help, she called out to Sirin in her heart.
"Help me! Sirin!"
'Yes, yes, yes.'
Taking Lumine down with her, she flew to the bottom and arrived in front of the crater. Looking down, she saw Levi still lying motionless inside and found it somewhat amusing.
"Not dead, are you? If you're not dead, make a noise."
"..."
After climbing out of the crater, Kiana considerately patted the dust off Levi's body.
Lumine, standing beside them, was completely stunned.
'What did I just see?'
Kiana, who spent all day arguing with Levi and calling him a pervert, was actually being so considerate and helping him dust himself off!
Lumine could not help wondering, "Am I already dead?"
'Is this the world after death?'
Noticing Lumine's gaze, Kiana also realized that her actions were somewhat inappropriate. She withdrew her hand, coughed twice, and explained:
"If you had dust on you, I'd help you brush it off too. This is a perfectly normal thing for friends to do."
'Really?'
Lumine looked down at the dust covering her chest, then raised her head and looked at Kiana with an increasingly strange expression.
'I don't believe you.'
"..."