Chapter 42

She immediately showed a happy and satisfied expression, pressing her entire weight onto Bai Bai Xuan.

"Hehe, look, wasn't the panacea already grabbed by me."

"I gnaw, I kiss, I bite~"

After messing around for a while, March 7th seemed a bit tired, so she continued to stick to Bai Bai Xuan and asked in his ear:

"However, what kind of candy did you give me just now? There's no sweetness at all."

Bai Bai Xuan smiled, took off the monocle in front of his right eye, and gently put it on March 7th's eye.

"Today's little secret, I won't tell you yet~"

As his voice fell, the system's prompt sounded.

Seeking rating tickets, seeking flowers!

[Ding! You have successfully retroactively tampered with a piece of history; you have advanced further on the path of the "Fictional Historian"! ]

[However, compared to you, "Fictional Historians" merely use words to tamper with records and symbols to obfuscate the truth. ]

[You have successfully made the entire universe believe that the ancient human nuclear test was conducted to eliminate "SCP-008". ]

[Perhaps, in the infinitely distant future, descendants of humanity will return to this forgotten home planet and find this vanished city. ]

[Ding! You have become a Level 1 Reality Bender. Although this power is still weak, its potential ceiling is unimaginable. ]

[Ding! You have acquired the traits "Disease Immunity" and "Disease Self-Healing." Now, your bodily fluids can replace "SCP-500." You should know exactly what that means. ]

[Ding! You have acquired a Scranton Reality Anchor. We do not produce reality; we are merely transporters of reality. ]

[Now, you may prepare to deploy the next SCP. ]

[Note: Do not always use the "starship accident" trope. If you do it too often, others will start to suspect the Foundation's quality control. ]

As the system's prompt sounded, many devices that looked like laboratory instruments appeared in the Foundation's special room.

It looked like a flat hexagonal prism; other than that, it was no different from other instruments and equipment.

And when it comes to Reality Anchors and Reality Benders.

One must mention a concept—the Hume Index, which is the unit for measuring the degree of reality.

Reality is like a plate of sand, but it is not necessarily evenly distributed in space.

A higher Hume value indicates "more reality," and vice versa.

Reality Benders are beings that possess higher Hume levels than the surrounding space; conversely, there are also "Reality-Bent" individuals whose Hume levels are lower than their surroundings.

As for a Level 1 Reality Bender...

Basically, the things they can do include: bending spoons with telekinesis and moving objects from a distance.

There are also some Level 1 Reality Benders who can exert subtle influences on the subconscious of people around them, making themselves more popular in daily life.

No matter how you look at it, Bai Bai Xuan's existing abilities have already covered this.

However, higher-level Reality Benders can even achieve absurd feats like reshaping the world with a single thought.

One can only say the future is promising.

After receiving the rewards, Bai Bai Xuan gently patted March 7th's forehead.

The latter was still hanging on him, showing absolutely no sign of moving.

Although being soft and squishy was indeed very comfortable.

"Little March, it's time to go out for a walk."

"The train won't be docked for long. Are there any other places you want to visit?"

"Places I still want to visit..." March 7th blinked, thinking about what other fun places there were on the Herta Space Station.

But no matter how she thought about it, it seemed there was nothing more fun than staying by Bai Bai Xuan's side.

Before reaching the next stop, staying in the room like this was perfectly fine.

"Then let's go talk to Station Master Asta first, and then go to Herta's Curio Collection Room..."

"Hmm... yes, let's start with those. If there's still time later, we can just wander around together~"

Thinking this, March 7th grabbed Bai Bai Xuan's hand and urged him to go out together.

In the room illuminated only by the computer screen, the two tidied up their messy clothes, turned off the screen, opened the door with practiced ease, and stepped into the corridor.

As soon as they came out, they saw a figure leaning against the bulkhead, head lowered in deep thought.

It was Stelle.

Not expecting anyone to be here, March 7th was startled and stopped in her tracks.

"Ahem."

But immediately, she composed her expression, put one hand on her hip, and greeted Stelle:

"Stelle, are you done talking with Himeko?"

She had turned back into the sunny, cheerful girl everyone knew.

Sensing someone approaching, Stelle looked up, her golden eyes very calm:

"Yes, I am."

Stelle changed her posture, no longer leaning against the bulkhead, and said slowly:

"Himeko suggested that I finish what I want to do and see the people I want to see, and then go back to her to give her an answer."

Speaking of this, the scene from not long ago flashed through her mind again.

Consequently, her breathing became a bit rapid.

Stelle felt her face heating up and hurriedly swallowed, but her eyes still shifted slightly toward Bai Bai Xuan and March 7th:

"However, I saw that you two... were busy, so... I went to talk to Dan Heng and Pom-Pom first."

One sentence caused March 7th's brain to overload.

In that instant, she felt the whole world drifting away from her.

A secret that couldn't be discovered had been seen by someone else. March 7th's face turned beet red, and she looked at Bai Bai Xuan, helpless and seeking help.

She was one step away from saying, "Help me, omnipotent Bai!"

She didn't have much concept of such things!

Even in the bedtime stories Bai Bai Xuan told her, there were no similar plot points.

Walking out of the room, Bai Bai Xuan watched this scene with a smile. He didn't say much, but instead picked up March 7th horizontally and demonstrated it again in front of Stelle.

"Oh!"

Stelle watched blankly as Bai Bai Xuan put March 7th down, watched the equally blank March 7th, slowly raised her right hand, popped her thumb, and gave a thumbs up.

"Do it more, I love watching."

March 7th closed her eyes and waited for a few seconds, but when no follow-up came, she sighed inwardly and opened her eyes.

She reorganized her emotions, looked at the gray-haired, golden-eyed girl, and changed the subject:

"You're coming on the train with us, right?"

Stelle looked at Bai Bai Xuan, then at the revitalized March 7th, and nodded slightly:

"Do you want me to come?"

March 7th smiled and nodded:

"Need you ask? We've gotten along really well on this journey, and we're the same age."

However, when she said the word "same age," the corner of Bai Bai Xuan's mouth curled up, and Stelle's eyes also flickered evasively.

March 7th continued:

"If you have any worries or doubts, just ask."

Stelle nodded and suddenly became sentimental about life:

"Time flies so fast."

March 7th's mouth twitched, not expecting Stelle's train of thought to be so jumpy:

"That sentiment came out of nowhere..."

"...But, remembering when I was in the storage zone, I was still thinking that this kid must be very weak after fainting, so I had to take good care of you. I didn't expect you to pick up a baseball bat and become full of life."

"In the blink of an eye, you're already participating in the battle against the Doomsday Beast and even saved me... I haven't thanked you properly yet..."

"Are you coming on the train with us?"

Speaking of boarding the train, Stelle nodded.

When Bai Bai Xuan first made the prophecy to her, she had some doubts and wasn't sure what to do next.

But after talking in detail with Herta, Asta, and others, and helping some staff members resolve their mental issues. ===== CHAPTER 83 =====