[Honkai: Star Rail] One Seat on the Astral Express

After their travels in Penacony came to an end, the Astral Express continued its usual voyage through the cosmos, preparing for the next leg of its journey. Along the way, however, the crew unexpectedly came across traces of a Stellaron.

Determined to capture and contain the Cancer of All Worlds, the Astral Express Crew pursued it without hesitation. They never expected that doing so would trigger a dimensional vortex and drop them into another multiverse.

Fortunately, with the coordinates of their past journeys, the crew could return to the Star Rail universe at any time. But with forging ahead as their guiding principle, how could the Astral Express Crew return empty-handed?

This was an entirely new universe, one no one had ever discovered before! Not even the Aeons had set foot in it!

Though, most likely, countless Paths had already begun quietly spreading through this universe the moment they first stepped into its unexplored seas of stars.

This was surely the birth of a new era for this universe.

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-- First Planet

Uzumaki Naruto felt he would probably never forget that day.

Four clients dressed in styles completely different from those of the people around them arrived in Konoha and posted a D-rank mission at the mission office. They wanted a guide to show them around the village.

Team Seven, newly graduated Genin, accepted the mission. Back then, he was just a child and had no idea how much upheaval these visitors, who looked like people of high status, would bring to the ninja world.

Now traveling through the sea of stars and representing the ninja world in building ties with other factions, Uzumaki Naruto watched Uchiha Sasuke browse Xianzhou history on his phone and said with a sigh, "Sasuke, you really love reading all those history books now! You used to care about nothing but getting stronger!"

Uchiha Sasuke snorted. "If it weren't for you, idiot, never bothering to collect information and memories, would I need to read so much?"

Uzumaki Naruto muttered, "But you've been reading nothing but Xianzhou history for days. It's really because you admire Lan, the Aeon of the Path of the Hunt, isn't it?"

The tsundere Sasuke immediately turned his head. "Got a problem with that? You, the dead-last whose Aeon is a giant rock!"

Naruto looked wronged. "But the Amber Lord is cool too, believe it!"

From the back seat, Uchiha Madara ordered Sasuke like some grand lord. "I heard people in Penacony once tried to make everyone happy in their dreams. Pull up the information for me."

Sasuke snapped back, "Look it up yourself."

Madara released a wave of pressure, displeased. "Watch your attitude, boy."

Senju Hashirama immediately stepped in to smooth things over. "Come on, come on, Madara. I'll look it up for you!"

Beside him, Senju Tobirama looked disgusted. Big brother is so hopeless.

Uchiha Izuna sat across from them with a perfect smile. No one could tell he was thinking of n evil schemes to make trouble for Senju Tobirama.

Uchiha Izuna: When we get to Jarilo-VI and get off the ship, why not kick that white-haired bastard straight into the snow?

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-- Second Planet

Young Ace: "When I grow up, I'm going out to sea!"

Young Sabo: "Me too!"

Young Luffy: "Me too!"

The three of them did eventually set out to sea. It's just that somewhere along the way, the "sea" changed from the "ocean" to the "sea of stars," okay?!

Zoro: "Hey, Luffy, how did you get lost again?"

The rest of the Going Merry crew, on the verge of collapse: "Who got lost, you idiot?! You're the one who got lost from the ocean all the way into space!"

The Astral Express Crew, the real culprits: ...Ahahaha, this has absolutely nothing to do with us, okay?

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-- Third Planet

One day, a meteor really did fall into Meteor City.

For some unknown reason, a train claiming to travel through the stars made an emergency landing in a garbage dump.

Pom-Pom: "Where's the car wash planet?! Where's the car wash planet?! Need oxygen.jpg"

Stelle picked up Pom-Pom, who had peacefully passed away, with a heartbroken expression. "Conductor! Conductor! Hang in there!"

Dan Heng was still deep in thought. "There's an immense, strange power on this planet. Perhaps the train was affected by it, and that's why..."

March 7th shook Dan Heng in terror. "Professor Dan Heng, stop analyzing! Those people outside look like they're about to break in! Eek!"

The Phantom Troupe, hearing that an extraterrestrial road roller had crashed into their hometown: "Huh?"

A few months later...

At last, the Astral Express Crew found a way back into space, and along the way gave the Hunter World a little taste of the wonders of Star Rail. Now they sat in their train seats, waiting to jump.

Pom-Pom: "Is everyone ready?"

March 7th, Dan Heng, Himeko, Mr. Yang, Stelle, and Ging Freecss: "Ready!"

Pom-Pom: "All right, passengers, please... Wait! Who are you?!"

Ging, who had somehow slipped in and was wandering around: "So this is a voice amplifier! Amazing!"

Pom-Pom: "Dear guest, did you come to the wrong place?"

Ging switched to another machine and continued his inspection. "So this machine makes things? How interesting!"

Pom-Pom: "Listen when I'm talking to you, peh!"

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More worlds to be added...

Theme: Beyond the world lies the wilderness!