"Face them head-on?" Dan Heng shook his head upon hearing this. "That's a full-strength antimatter legion... and we only have these few people here..."

"So what? Aren't any of us capable of taking on ten people at once?!"

“I think…” Danheng glanced at March 7th who had spoken and continued:

"I think you have a slightly misunderstanding of the term 'full-strength'... You should need this book."

As he spoke, he handed March 7th the book he had bought from Belloberg, "Are You Really Smart?"

He finished reading the book, and after reading it, he felt like he had reached a higher level of understanding.

"Are you really that smart?" He frowned, looking at the book title on the cover. "Hey... Danheng, you think I'm an idiot..."

"alright..."

At this critical moment, Himeko interrupted their conversation.

"The antimatter legion's target is most likely the star core. Retreating first is a wise choice... Pam, is the train able to perform a jump normally?"

Hearing Himeko's words, Pam silently shook her head, her expression somewhat dejected.

"Due to the large amount of energy released by the damaged star core, space readings have not yet fully recovered. Although orbital stability has improved somewhat, it is very slowly... The driving environment remains harsh..."

“...”

Listening to Pam's voice, Zhou Xiao silently thought to himself that he should have known better than to cut the star core.

Of course.

He had no idea that the supposedly incredibly hard star core could be chipped open by his broken sword.

"So... does that mean we can't escape for the time being..." March 7th concluded, stroking his chin.

“That’s right, Pam.” Little Pam nodded.

"Keep the train silent for now...wait for the space readings to stabilize. According to yesterday's prediction, the orbital stability rate should return to normal today..." Himeko gave the order after a two-second pause.

"Now we can only pray that the antimatter legion's target isn't Yalilo VI but that it's just passing by..." Dan Heng said.

Judging from the current train travel time, we should delay as long as possible... Maintaining silence is the best course of action at present.

...

Time flies.

The group took turns resting, but the situation did not improve by the time Zhou Xiao usually worked on the train. The antimatter legion marched aggressively toward the location of Yalilo VI, showing no intention of leaving.

Yes.

The target of this antimatter legion is either Yalilo VI or the Star Train.

The stability rate of the star orbit is still slowly increasing, but judging from the predicted time, the Star Train will inevitably encounter the antimatter legion no matter what.

"Hello, Himeko? I've contacted Bronya and arranged for the people from Beloberg to temporarily seek refuge in the lower districts..." March 7's voice slowly came through the communication device, and Himeko responded.

"Yes, you've worked hard, March."

With an impending battle, Himeko lost her usual gentleness as she checked her energy reserves, preparing for the fight.

"It's nothing, we'll head back to the train right away..."

The communication was disconnected.

Ji Zi looked at Zhou Xiao, Dan Heng, and the others who were also making preparations for battle, and said nothing more.

The two of them, along with Walter, will ambush the Antimatter Legion's advance route to buy time for the train's jump.

"Zhou Xiao...this knife is for you."

Walter's voice rang out, and Zhou Xiao turned around to see Walter handing him a long, cracked, Belloborg-style knife.

"This knife...can it really be used?" Zhou Xiao recognized this "broken knife"; it was the very knife he had used to stab into the star core when he was in Yongdong Ridge.

"Don't underestimate this knife... Most of the blade is imbued with the energy of a star core. I've also added a force field device to it, which can bind the broken fragments to a certain area, making it regenerate quite quickly..."

Walter pushed up his glasses; this was the longsword he had spent the entire night researching, designing, and improving.

“Hmm…” Zhou Xiao took it, looked at the long sword full of cracks and pondered for two seconds, then bent the blade a little.

It is not broken yet.

Let's use it for now.

Zhou Xiao thought to himself.

Since it's a weapon improved by Walter, it shouldn't be too bad...

He glanced at Dan Heng, who had fallen silent again, and raised an eyebrow slightly: "What? Nervous?"

Upon hearing Zhou Xiao's voice, Dan Heng shook his head: "No, I'm just as calm as you..."

Speaking of Zhou Xiao's big heart...

She has a really big heart.

Just as everyone was feeling somewhat tense about the arrival of the antimatter legion, Zhou Xiao, who was cooking in the kitchen, called everyone to come to the dining car for dinner at the usual time.

After finishing his meal, he resumed his usual routine on the train, doing exercises and other activities...

This made Xingmei exclaim "Holy crap..."

It gave her the feeling that Zhou Xiao didn't take this antimatter legion seriously...

...

Dan Heng paused for two seconds, then said, "I was just wondering if a single star core is worth sending an entire full-strength antimatter legion?"

“...”

This is the problem.

That's a good question.

This is indeed something that Himeko and Welt are somewhat puzzled about.

There are more than just Yalilo VI as a star core. Why would the Antimatter Legion go to such great lengths to destroy Yalilo VI?

“Perhaps… one of us has attracted their attention.” Dan Heng asked himself, his gaze shifting to Zhou Xiao beside him, as if the answer lay with the person before him.

It's clear that after reading "Are You Really Smart?", his IQ has rapidly risen to a high level, and he now possesses the great wisdom to see through everything.

"Oh...why are you looking at me like that?" Zhou Xiao felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Dan Heng: "You don't actually think that just because I shattered a corner of the star core, I'll attract an entire full-strength antimatter army, do you?"

"Do they really have that much free time? Stop messing around... let's get ready to fight."

Zhou Xiao scratched his face, gave Dan Heng a "don't kid me" look, put on the Gale Mask, drew Kafka's longsword, held it in his right hand, shook the "little broken knife" to make sure no fragments fell off, and then held it in his left hand.

In an instant... the dual-sword style Green Demon Swordsman appeared before everyone, his usual gentleness replaced by a dangerous aura.

His attire also drew a second glance from Himeko...

...

[When the Antimatter Legion reached the first two systems on Planet Yalilo VI]

The dark mass of antimatter legion warships had already approached the Yalilo VI, and many doomsday beasts had come with the antimatter legion. This configuration was more than enough to destroy the Yalilo VI.