Chapter 415: Crossover

Alright…

Thinking of the cataclysmic scene in Winterwood City at the end—Extinction Great Lord's projection descending, Star God's gaze sweeping, the barriers of the two universes almost tearing apart…

As a relatively "delicate" planet‑scale Suppression Force, feeling "fear" seems… also quite reasonable.

Suppression Force is essentially a world‑protecting mechanism; seeking benefit and avoiding harm is instinct.

She rubbed her forehead, gave up entangling over this issue, and went straight to the point: "Then why did you throw my people into Pinokanni?! That's not what was agreed!"

【Suppression Force】: Hmm… detecting near that coordinate a strong wave of wish aggregation and Heroic Spirit summoning reaction; a Holy Grail Battle is underway. Its energy nature is somewhat like Winterwood's, but also different… just tweaked the redundant spacetime offset parameters toward there a bit…

Heimu frowned: "What Holy Grail Battle?"

In her impression, Pinokanni is a family territory, a Grand Event Star… what does that have to do with the Holy Grail…

Wait.

She suddenly stopped.

Pinokanni… Holy Grail War… seems… there really is such a thing?

Honkai Star Rail abbreviation seems to have had a crossover plot with the Fate series, set in Pinokanni, involving a special "Holy Grail War".

But the problem is—

"I'm not here to fight a Holy Grail War!!!"

Heimu felt a bit flustered, "I'm here to find someone! Huo Huo! That little Fox People girl! She was previously teleported by Aha into your world!"

She directly pulled up a clear image of Huo Huo and sent it over.

【Suppression Force】: Who? (? _??)

A simple question, followed by a pixel emoji tilting its head in confusion.

Heimu's brows furrowed even tighter.

Could Huo Huo have fallen into the Xingyue World?

Or perhaps the Suppression Force never noticed her?

Or… Aha meddled again?

"Around this time point, an otherworldly visitor was accidentally sent to your world; the traits are obvious: Fox People, teal hair and tail, timid."

【Suppression Force】: Searching… no matching individual record found. Confirmed, in this world line and adjacent observable Parallel World lines, there is no trace of this visitor.

【Suppression Force】: … also, there is no Fifth Holy Grail War anymore, in that world.

Heimu's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Indeed, the Holy Grail in Winterwood City was used by Aha as fireworks; This World's Evil was purified, Ailisi Feier reverted to human, and even the Great Holy Grail system seems to have been "formatted".

Such a world line indeed makes it hard to cultivate the soil and conflicts needed for a Fifth Holy Grail War.

But this raises a more crucial question: since the "future" Fifth War has vanished as a Time Anchor Point, will the Huo Huo who appeared during the Fifth War still arrive?

Or perhaps Aha's teleportation is based on possibility rather than a fixed history?

"Logic is starting to knot up…"

Heimu rubbed her temples, feeling that debating timeline issues with the Suppression Force was a bit self‑inflicted trouble.

She decided to change direction.

"System, ignore the Suppression Force. Based on all our existing data and the state of the Xingyue World after our intervention, re‑model and infer Huo Huo's most probable whereabouts. At the same time, scan all adjacent or similar world bubbles for matching signals."

【System】: Command confirmed. Building multivariate inference model… scanning adjacent possibility interfaces… process initiated.

On the panel, that familiar colored rotating circle reappeared, with several progress bars and data stream windows beside it.

Heimu stared at the spinning circle, already feeling a bit numb.

She temporarily set Huo Huo's issue aside; after all, clues are scarce, and panicking won't help.

She shifted her attention back to Chang Ye Yue.

【Heimu】: Chang Ye Yue, the situation has changed; the search for Huo Huo is temporarily put on hold.

Your current primary tasks: 1. Confirm your exact location and safety status in Pinokanni; 2. Prioritize finding A Xing. She may lack environmental Cognition and could cause accidents. 3. Observe discreetly, gather any rumors or anomalous information about the local Holy Grail War, but refrain from active participation or exposure. Maintain contact.

【Chang Ye Yue】: Received.

After assigning Chang Ye Yue, Heimu leaned back on the sofa, fingers unconsciously tapping the armrest, trying to untangle the increasingly chaotic threads.

Huo Huo appears to have been mis‑teleported or fallen into a temporal paradox.

Chang Ye Yue and A Xing were mistakenly thrown into Pinokanni.

Pinokanni is said to be holding a "Holy Grail War"?

What the heck is going on?

Wait…

Heimu's tapping suddenly stopped.

A previously overlooked detail flashed in her mind.

In her understanding, the Honkai Star Rail abbreviation's crossover plot with Fate—"Holy Grail War"—indeed took place in Pinokanni.

But the timing of that plot…

It should be after the main storyline of Pinokanni, i. e., after the main plot concludes.

But what is the current main storyline?

Heimu swiftly retrieved external surveillance and the Train Group's public whereabouts.

Walter, Dan Heng, and Star are currently on Xianzhou.

San Yue Qi had just returned to the train from Winterwood City not long ago.

Jizi and Pam are guarding the train.

The story of Xianzhou is far from over; Luofu's undercurrents still surge.

So… Pinokanni's "Grand Event" theoretically hasn't started yet, at least it's not in the current "grand celebration in progress" state.

Don't even bring up the Holy Grail War.

"The timeline... is off again?"

Heimu frowned, feeling a headache.

She once again retrieved the system's deep scan and analysis report on Pinokanni's 'third coordinate point,' and examined each parameter carefully.

A moment later, her brows relaxed slowly, but her gaze grew stranger, even taking on a hint of… revelation.

"I see… it's not that our Pinokanni arrived early, but…"

She looked at the comparison results in the analysis report.

"... this is essentially Pinokanni from another possible world."

Simply put, if we call the world of the Weng Fa Luo Si incident—a fusion of Iron Tomb and Black Tower—that gave birth to Heimu the 'First World line,' and call the world where she is currently active the 'Second World line'…

Then the Pinokanni where Chang Ye Yue and A Xing are now, which is holding a Holy Grail War, is likely an independent 'Third World line.'

In this world, the story of Xianzhou has concluded, and Pinokanni's main plot has ended; it is now in the… crossover event period.

"Because the coordinates for the Type Moon Fifth War were messed up by Aha, and the Suppression Force got scared, they shifted the offset parameters to a world where a Holy Grail War–like event is taking place?"

Heimu placed a hand on her forehead, unable to help but mutter, "What is this? Cross‑world keyword matching? A Holy Grail War finding a Holy Grail War? Truly… just forcing it without purpose!"