Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

Du Zexin.

This familiar name seemed to suddenly pull Li Aozi back to over a decade ago, the time when he first left the Frost Plated Border and the Mingji Humanity Laboratory.

——The former Third Rule Agent, a passionate youth concerned about the nation and its people, a [Mechanic] full of justice and ideals, mocked for being surrounded by misfortune, yet popular for his unwavering struggle towards an ideal world.

"Until when will you keep fighting for humanity!"

Du Zexin swiftly switched to melee combat mode, released the battle axe, and instead, raised a shotgun with both hands, firing repeatedly at the Flame-Haired Girl directly ahead, with large pellets tinged with Ersha's red-black hue falling successively beside Li Aozi, and bursting out.

In the vacuum, kinetic energy faced no air resistance, making the transmission of force almost undiminished, as the massive kinetic impact continuously transmitted and compounded, straightaway pushing Li Aozi towards the War God Star—an ocher desert planet 1.2 light seconds away from the Azure Star.

Du Zexin.

——From the first meeting, Du Zexin had shown patriotism and a heart set on justice. As an agent for the Great Powers, he did not view the Outer World as a subject for colonial plunder, but rather with sympathy. In his heart, there was always love for his motherland and basic human kindness.

Boom!

The Flame-Haired Girl stood steadily on the crimson earth, letting Du Zexin's attacks fall. She didn't dodge a bit, received all the bombardments head-on, and her seemingly fragile skin had strength far exceeding that of warship armor, such that even a direct hit from Ersha couldn't leave any white mark.

"You really do harbor great malice against humanity. Who turned you into this? Those Earthlings?"

The Flame-Haired Girl said lightly, simultaneously lifting her hand and breathing gently towards the wound on her palm cut by the axe blade:

"Hush..."

A small warm fireball immediately blossomed, with compassionate energy swiftly released, stimulating the body's instinctive self-healing ability, restoring to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"No need for your babble."

Du Zexin switched to fighter mode, broke through the thin atmosphere, dragging a string of Mach rings behind him, his whole body violently rubbing against War God Star's atmosphere like a tearing meteor, instantly crashing down toward the Flame-Haired Girl.

The Flam-Haired Girl covered her chest with one hand, raised the other, opened her five fingers outward, and fiercely swung towards the approaching fighter jet.

Clang!

The seemingly soft and boneless little hand suddenly hit Du Zexin's machine head, bringing up a shockwave that shattered souls, furiously spreading outward, and even the ground observatory on Azure Star could see the global storm whipped up by this strike.

"——Is that so?"

Looking at Du Zexin who was flung thousands of kilometers away, the Flame-Haired Girl said lightly:

"If I can't use words, I'll have to use hands."

She was a person tough on words but soft-hearted, with a nose and eyes that would turn red at a slight mockery. As a soft-hearted Holy Mother, if it weren't for her hard enough fists, it's unknown how she could survive in this dangerous world.

Without waiting for Du Zexin to reply and argue, the Flame-Haired Girl stomped her foot and instantly turned into a dazzling stream of light, reaching right in front of Du Zexin in an instant.

"You——"

Collapsed between the sandy valley, Du Zexin had just raised his head when his monitor captured that dazzling stance.

"Shh."

The Flame-Haired Girl lowered her head, stepping forward barefoot, stepping on and trampling the robot which was dozens of times larger than herself underfoot.

"Now, say nothing."

The girl brought up a patch of flame with one hand, covering her abundance, while the flames entwining her body draped like a long skirt over sensitive parts, accentuating her charming and cute figure—even an inorganic entity cannot resist the dramatic contrast in this severe impact.

The sixteen compound eyes made up of monitors gazed into the golden-red pupils, Du Zexin suddenly felt a familiar sensation, as if he had seen eyes similar to those golden-red beautiful eyes once upon a time.

[Charisma Judgment Success]

[Target ??? has fallen into a state of 'Charm']

"I—have I seen you before...right?"

Du Zexin sent out the signal in confusion.

Beauty always comes from familiarity, yet surpasses one's own understanding.

Facing the familiar face of the Flame-Haired Girl that transcended human aloofness, no conscious entity could resist such a charm.

——Yet what responded to him was not the gentle murmur he expected.

Bang!

The Flame-Haired Girl raised a fist and slammed it heavily upon Du Zexin's chest, her fiery fist shattered his armor, directly reaching for the core inside.

The brief moment of distraction was shattered by the attack, the dream immediately broke, and Du Zexin grabbed the small beauty clinging to him, no longer having any mercy, tossing her away.

"I actually still held fantasies about you... No, this is just right, I will never pity humans again."

Du Zexin stood erect, Ersha surging all over, immediately repairing his body fully, and even adding a large amount of fire-resistant and radiation-resistant materials to his frame, with the originally pitch-black exterior starting to emit a golden-yellow glow.

"Do as you please, whether you love mankind or not, it makes no difference to me."

[Sky Dancing Art]

The Flame-Haired Girl adjusted her body in the air, pinching her skirt corners with both hands, elegantly spinning to the ground. She casually flicked her red hair, the intense flame called up like servants, forming rows of Framework Entities in cooperation with [Blacksmith].