The group then found the injured client in the monitoring room: Arlan, the head of security.
After a brief conversation, they learned from Arlan about an access card required to activate the elevator permissions.
But... "Ah...? I... I don't remember where I put it...!"
March 7th's eyes darted around, and she whispered somewhat embarrassedly.
Too many things had happened along the way, and she had completely forgotten about this matter, even where she had placed that card.
"Pfft, as expected of the cute little March."
"Hey... even at a time like this, you're still teasing me!"
March 7th stomped her feet and let out a huff.
She had realized along the way that Kiana would tease her whenever she had the chance.
It had gotten to the point where she was almost immune now.
And the person who forcefully kissed her at the very beginning must have been this Kiana too!
After all, Stelle looks a bit dazed and doesn't seem like the type to do such a thing, although she sometimes says surprising things... "Oh my, after all, little March looks too cute, I just couldn't help myself, heehee."
Hearing this, March 7th gritted her teeth and glared at Kiana with clenched fists.
From her stance, if she could reach Kiana, she would definitely give her a round of "little fists pounding the chest."
At this moment, Dan Heng held his head with a slight headache and said to March 7th:
"March, look carefully, it might be in your pocket."
"Oh... let me look..."
With Dan Heng's reminder, March 7th carefully felt through all her pockets and finally pulled out an access card.
"Found it!"
"Miss March 7th, the console over there can use the access card to unlock the elevator permissions."
Arlan pointed to the console not far away and reminded her.
March 7th nodded, walked to the console, and tapped the card against it.
Accompanied by the sound of power flowing, the elevator could now be used normally.
Then the group cleared out the grunts of the Antimatter Legion along the way and arrived in front of the elevator.
"Phew, luckily there wasn't much danger along the way..."
Buzz—
As soon as March 7th finished speaking, a hole appeared behind everyone, and two Stompers rushed out and jumped in front of them.
"Roar—!!!"
The two Stompers crossed their arms and roared, and then several Void Rangers of various forms descended beside them.
"What a powerful jinx. Can you say to me, 'I'm actually the God of Trash Cans' or something like that?"
Stelle propped her bat on the ground, pointed a finger at herself, and spoke to March 7th with some eagerness.
It really felt like this pink-haired girl's mouth had some kind of power, seriously.
"Hey...! What do you mean by that!"
"March, prepare for battle..."
"Okay..."
March 7th nodded, took out her bow and arrows, and then bared her teeth fiercely at Stelle:
"I'll settle the score with you later!"
After saying that, she condensed Six Phases of Ice arrows and shot them at the Stompers... the surrounding Void Ranger grunts.
Seeing this, Arlan also prepared to go up and help with his weapon, but Dan Heng grabbed him, gave him a reassuring look, and rushed forward.
"Life and death, void and reality, in a single thought... Grotto-heaven transforms, a fierce thrust!"
A green light flashed in Dan Heng's hand, and cloud-piercer appeared, turning into a green stream of light that pierced fiercely at one of the Stompers.
Meanwhile, March 7th used her bow and arrows to clear the grunts approaching Dan Heng.
"Rules... are meant to be broken..."
The power of the Path of Destruction surged from Stelle's body and was channeled into the bat in her hand, then she leaped up and smashed it into the other Stomper.
The two Stompers raised their forelegs and collided with the two of them.
"Oh no!"
March 7th was momentarily distracted and let two Void Rangers pass; they jumped directly behind Stelle and Dan Heng to launch a sneak attack.
"Watch out!!!"
March 7th's pupils shrank as she shouted anxiously.
But the two of them were unable to dodge in time, unable to spare any power to deal with the attackers behind them.
Kiana was about to act, but after seeing a streak of red light approaching rapidly, she stopped her movement to possess March 7th.
A drone carrying firelight approached quickly, firing a series of energy bullets that turned the two attacking Void Rangers into energy.
Then the drone's wings rotated at high speed with firelight, cleanly cutting off the heads of the two Stompers.
Losing the support of their power, the bodies of the two Stompers were pierced by Stelle and Dan Heng, dissipating into motes of light.
Kiana silently collected the materials dropped by these Void Rangers into the City of Devouring Time.
This was created by Kiana using the ability of the Third Sephira of the Kabbalah Tree of Life from Date A Live.
Since creating entirely new powers was too much trouble, Kiana simply did a complete rerun based on Date A Live.
"Is everyone all right?"
Shortly after, a familiar, elegant figure in fiery red walked over, looking at everyone with a gentle smile.
Especially at Stelle and Kiana.
"Sister Himeko, you're finally here. Something almost went wrong just now..."
March 7th patted her chest with a look of lingering fear.
"Thanks to the timely support..."
Dan Heng nodded slightly to Himeko.
Himeko nodded back with a smile and then looked at Arlan.
"Station Lead Asta has been waiting for a long time. Let's go up together."
After saying that, Himeko's gaze turned to Kiana, specifically to Kiana's waist.
A jade sign of the Xianzhou Alliance... Himeko thought silently to herself.
Since Kiana's current soul image was exactly the same as the clothes she often wore before she fell asleep, even some identification documents that usually hung at her waist were there.
Dan Heng followed Himeko's gaze inconspicuously, and his pupils shrank slightly when he saw the jade plate at Kiana's waist.
Someone from the Xianzhou... Dan Heng lowered his eyes slightly, gave Kiana a deep look, and then turned to walk towards the elevator.
Dammit, the Xianzhou is still chasing me... Memory fragments from the Dan Feng era flashed through Dan Heng's mind.
"Eh, Dan Heng, why are you walking so fast? Wait for us!"
Seeing Dan Heng leave silently, March 7th thought he was in a hurry to go up and quickly followed him to the elevator.
The others looked at each other and followed as well.
Kiana looked at the somewhat strange atmosphere in the elevator, especially the subtle glances Dan Heng gave her from time to time... Kiana followed his gaze to her waist and then showed a look of understanding.
So it was because of this General's jade plate and the jade sign... It turns out these two things gave Dan Heng some PTSD... It seems the identity I just made up has been completely exposed... Hehe... Kiana scratched her head awkwardly and gave an apologetic smile to Dan Heng, who looked over again.
"I am Himeko, the Navigator of the Astral Express. May I know your names?"
Seeing the stiff atmosphere, Himeko took the lead in breaking the deadlock, looking at Kiana and Stelle with a gentle smile.
"Me...?"
Stelle tilted her head with a pensive expression, then her eyes lit up as if she had thought of a great idea:
"I am the Galactic Baseballer! Stelle!"
"I am Kiana Kaslana, a... Traveler looking for a way home?"
Kiana tilted her head, introducing herself with some uncertainty.
Because if she said she was the General of Wangshu here, they wouldn't know, since there is no Xianzhou named Wangshu in the Xianzhou Alliance here.
If she said she was a General, they might not believe it either~
What Kiana didn't know was that if she said she was a General, others might not believe it, but Dan Heng definitely would.
No one would dare to fake that thing... "Is that so? Looking for a way home...?"
Himeko nodded, then glanced at Kiana's jade plate which had the Xianzhou characters for 'Taiyin' written on it, and asked curiously:
"May I ask, Miss Kiana, is your hometown a certain Xianzhou?"
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