Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 215 Making Cat Cake

When Xing reached the bottom level, amidst an eerie crimson expanse, he spotted a giant insect. Although he reacted swiftly, drawing his baseball bat and performing a spinning top, he was still startled by the insect's enormous size.

Although she always says she's fearless... she's not really fearless.

But she quickly calmed down.

It's only 56 seconds. If we can't afford to mess with her, can't we at least avoid her?

So when Yunzhi and Ladio arrived at the window above the giant petri dish, what they saw was the gray-haired raccoon slithering around on the platform below.

With a few graceful steps, the raccoon dodged the Star-Shattering King Worm's spittle, then pushed off with its feet and charged onto the worm's head, smashing it with a baseball bat.

Of course, the harm wasn't much—but it was extremely insulting.

Fortunately, the mindless insect did not have the concept of being "insulted," and it continued to act according to its own settings.

Yunzhi felt that there was absolutely nothing to worry about anymore.

"By the way, Ladio, where is that thing you mentioned earlier... the thing that nurtures those creations?"

Yun was even more curious about this.

Ladio remained calm: "It's over in the greenhouse... For details, you can ask Station Master Está."

Yunzhi took out her phone.

Let's ask now.

The chase continues below as she flees.

The star and it fought for a while.

Soon, the queen insect, unable to maintain its form, slowly dissipated, leaving not even a trace.

It went pretty smoothly... I guess.

Ladio, certain the threat was gone, said, "It seems I don't need to get involved."

Yun Zhi clapped his hands: "The kids on the train are all amazing."

Xingbao, you did a great job.

Ladio smiled and looked down. "Well then, I'll be going now."

"Um."

Yun nodded, but her smile suddenly became fake.

Ladio turned around, ready to leave.

Just as I was about to reach the elevator, Yunzhi's voice suddenly came from behind me:

"I've heard that some people at the Erudite Society seem to be doing some kind of unethical research, are you aware of that?"

Ladio stopped and turned around again: "Research that violates human ethics?"

Yun Zhi squinted and carefully examined Ladio's expression.

Judging from the looks of it, they probably don't know.

Yun Zhi still wore that very fake smile: "I hope you really don't know, after all, we've been enemies with that thing for so many years... Never mind, Professor Ladio, take care."

Ladio left, puzzled.

Yun turned to look at the Star Core Essence—

Judging from Little Star's expression, he probably wants to go find Ruan Mei and ask her for clarification.

As it happened, Yunzhi herself also wanted to do something else.

So he sent Xing a message, telling her to go find Ruan Mei herself, as he was going to go somewhere else to have some fun.

Then, Yunzhi left happily.

Xingbao who saw the message: ...

what?

[Yunzhi: Xingzai, I'm going to play something else in the greenhouse. Come play with me after you've finished talking to Ruan Mei.]

[Yunzhi: Also, could you please ask Ruan Mei if she rescued anyone from the Minghuo Merchant Guild a few days ago? If so, I'd like to thank her in person—and while I'm at it, subtly inquire whether she did anything inappropriate for the Immortal Boat Alliance.]

Xing: ...How...how to ask tactfully?

How should I ask?

Ruan Mei has probably been doing things that the Immortal Boat Alliance shouldn't be doing.

Minghuo Merchant Guild?

Is it... Tingyun?

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Reading the ending of a mystery novel before reading it can be very unsettling.

In reality, using your intuition as a hunter to foresee the outcome can help avoid many problems to some extent.

—But some clues will always be hindered by some unavoidable force.

Yunzhi felt she could understand.

After all, external planners also need time to come up with a storyline.

However, since it concerns the Immortal Ship Alliance, we still can't afford to be careless.

However, that would be a long time from now.

Should we try something else first?

Estella said that a nanny robot was placed at the incubator to help take care of the little creations.

How thoughtful of you, child.

Yunzhi quickly found the rice cooker placed in the greenhouse, which looked... really like... an electric rice cooker.

A nanny robot floats in the air, its eyes on the display screen smiling broadly.

"Hello, I am the nanny robot responsible for taking care of Ms. Nguyen Mai's creations. It's a pleasure to serve you."

Yun nodded: "How do we cultivate them?"

I want a cat that I can take directly onto the Star Train... Uh, would Pam agree?

The little robot continued with a smile: "The space station is analyzing the genetic lineage of the creations, but due to insufficient sample size, we need to cultivate more creations."

"The two parent creations are ready to continuously create new creations through this life baking oven."

Oh, this thing really is a rice cooker.

"Creations all have different genes and can exhibit different characteristics. Please note that every time a new creation is bred and a new characteristic is discovered, it greatly benefits our research."

"Station Master Estella's remote communication is now connected. Please follow Station Master Estella's instructions."

Estella's gentle voice soon came through.

Following Estelle's instructions, Yunzhi took two creations—yes, pastry-like creations—one with a gray shell and the other with a pink filling.

Put it into the incubator.

Inside the incubator, a series of operations, and synthesis—

Unbeknownst to Yun, a tiny, almost invisible wisp of strange energy slipped into the incubator.

Finally, under the expectant gaze of the clouds—

A black cat with an orange-red shell and many masks stuck to its body, with a very... hilarious expression, was born.

Yun picked up Maogao and stared blankly at the familiar-looking thing.

Huh?