Honkai Impact 3rd: Catching the Herrscher of Sentience at the Start

"There's only one? Who's going to take it?"

Fu Lin transformed Twilight into a long sword and said, "I have a weapon, so I don't need it."

Fu Shi also took out a weapon and said, "I don't need one either."

Everyone's gaze then turned to Stelle, who reached into her clothes, slowly pulled out… nothing, and acted shocked, looking at her empty hands. "Huh? Why don't I have a weapon!"

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"..." Under the silence of the group, March 7thth handed the baseball bat to Stelle and said, "...Then this baseball bat is yours."

"Yay! Now I have a weapon too." Stelle swung the baseball bat a couple of times, feeling its weight. She cheered excitedly, finding it quite handy.

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"In a moment, we'll take that central elevator down to the main control cabin. Are you familiar with the route there?" March 7th pointed at the elevator ahead, then glanced at the group's outfits and asked, "Uh, by the way, you're not wearing the space station's uniforms. Are you really from here?"

"We're tourists!" Fu Lin said while wrapping her arm around Fu Shi's shoulders.

"Is that so? Well, you're really unlucky, running into an antimatter legion attack during your trip." March 7th looked at the two with sympathy and spoke slowly.

Fu Shi said excitedly, "That just makes it more fun!"

"Uh, fine, I'll take you to the main control cabin first."

March 7th shook her head and walked to the elevator control panel. After fiddling with it for a moment, she said helplessly, "Ah, I knew it!"

"You broke it?" Stelle curiously asked, standing behind March 7th.

"Looks like it," Fu Lin said, nodding in agreement as he joined them.

"——It wasn't me! It must be the antimatter legion's fault!" March 7th hurriedly explained, afraid of being falsely accused.

She then complained, "If only the all-knowing Dan Heng were here. He knows all sorts of random things. Maybe he could even fix the elevator..."

At that moment, Dan Heng's voice came from behind, saying calmly, "I can't."

March 7th turned her head and was startled to see Dan Heng right in front of her, instinctively taking half a step back. She then exclaimed, "Whoa, how are you here?!"

"How are you faster than us?"

Dan Heng explained, "I took a different route and came from the upper floor. I saw you in the surveillance room."

"Alan is on his way here. He's injured but not in any life-threatening danger."

March 7th nodded. "So, you found him… Does Alan know what's wrong with the elevator?"

Dan Heng thought for a moment before replying uncertainly, "As the head of the defense department, he probably does."

March 7th: "Then let's meet up with him!"

"I'm already here. After completing the evacuation, the elevator permissions were temporarily locked to prevent the legion from reaching the main control cabin," Alan said as he limped over, explaining as he approached.

Then he looked at Dan Heng and asked, "Miss Asta sent you to find me. She should've given you a decryption key, right?"

"Uh... I think she gave me a card... but I can't remember where I put it," March 7th stammered nervously.

Dan Heng, "March..."

Alan, "You..."

"I'm sure... I put it here... Where is it?!" March 7th frantically searched all the places on her body where the card could've been, but ultimately found nothing.

"You didn't lose it, did you~" Fu Lin, fiddling with a card in her hand, looked at the slightly silly girl with a speechless expression.

"Impossible! I just... huh? What's that in your hand?" March was about to retort when her eyes fell on the card in Fu Lin's hand, her face full of surprise.

"Oh, this~? I accidentally picked it up when it fell from a bouncy little girl," Fu Lin teased as she handed the card to Alan.

"Ahhh! Why didn't you tell me earlier? So embarrassing!" March covered her face and shyly glanced at Fu Lin.

"Now that we've found the key, let's leave quickly. I've only opened the uppermost elevator entrance; let's head there," Alan said after operating the control panel.

Once he successfully unlocked the permissions, Alan turned to the group and said, "To ensure the safety of the crew, please take a slightly longer route... Thank you."

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"Is this the elevator entrance? We didn't encounter many enemies along the way~" March 7th looked at the elevator ahead, looking relaxed.

"Don't jinx it. If monsters appear in the next second, it'll definitely be... your fault," Fu Lin began to complain, but the next moment, a Voidranger with four legs appeared in their view.