Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 166

After playing around in QQ Farm for a while, everyone returned to the shop.

Xiangling, the Little Evil God, and Mei had already prepared dinner. The table was overflowing with delicious dishes, making Paimon and Yunli drool just looking at it.

Yunli scanned the table and locked onto the cold pot skewers with laser precision.

She squeezed in with all her might, pushing her way to the cold pot skewers, wiping the drool from the corner of her mouth as she waited for the meal to start.

Paimon also found a good spot, squatting beside a roasted suckling pig, clearly planning to hog it all to herself.

Ye Yun stood in the center, looking around. Everyone was gathered around him, smiling warmly.

Off to the side, a pile of birthday presents had been stacked—gifts from everyone.

There was a wide variety—everything you could imagine.

Ye Yun felt genuinely happy to have so many people celebrating his birthday.

In his previous life, after entering society, he had mostly spent his birthdays alone.

On his birthday, he'd take a day off work, sleep in, treat himself to a fancy meal, quietly say "happy birthday" to himself, and then head home to rest and prepare for the next day.

But now, he was surrounded by so many friends. He felt truly content.

Ye Yun smiled at everyone.

"Alright, everyone! Let's eat!"

At his words, everyone let out a cheerful "Oh~" and started digging in.

Aglaea, Tribbie, and Trinnon had also come to celebrate Ye Yun's birthday.

Trianne didn't come—she was on duty protecting Okhema.

Everyone served themselves and found a seat, chatting about funny things that had happened recently.

Silver Wolf, Bronya from Honkai Impact 3rd, and Bronya from Star Rail sat at one table, exchanging awkward glances.

Nearby, Kiana, Stelle, and Seele were visibly shocked.

Kiana moved back and forth between Silver Wolf and the two Bronyas, examining them closely.

"Whoa! You guys look way too alike!"

Star Rail Bronya was just as stunned. How could someone look so much like her?

Silver Wolf and HI3 Bronya weren't as surprised—they'd met before and often gamed together when they had free time.

Amber pointed toward another group: Mei, Acheron, Raiden Ei, and Raiden Makoto were gathered together, also a bit stunned.

Mei and Acheron had met briefly in Penacony before.

Mei looked toward Ei and Makoto.

"Hi, I'm Raiden Mei. What are your names?"

Makoto smiled. "Hello, Mei. I'm Raiden Makoto, and this is my sister, Raiden Ei."

Lumine walked over at this point.

"All four of you are named Raiden? Acheron's full name was Raiden something too, right?"

Acheron nodded as she introduced herself.

"Raiden Bosenmori Mei."

Lumine clapped her hands. "Right! That's the one. Four Raiden girls, huh? Honestly, I've never met a counterpart of myself. Wonder what she'd be like...

Probably something super cool, right? Like a queen or a holy maiden or something."

Aether overheard and immediately jumped in with a jab.

"There's no way your counterpart would be like that. I bet she's some street punk type—smokes, drinks, perms her hair, the works."

Lumine scowled and rolled up her sleeves.

"Oh-ho~ Three days without a beating and you're already climbing the walls, huh?"

Her little fists cracked menacingly. Aether immediately remembered getting beat up in the bubble tea shop and shrank back, then fled to sit next to Zhongli with his tray.

Calestia came over with her food and asked Kiana:

"Hey Kiana, wanna play a few rounds later?"

Kiana agreed. Things were peaceful in the Honkai world for now, and Kevin hiding in the Quantum Sea hadn't made any moves yet.

"Sure. But aren't you guys moving? Still have internet access?"

Calestia waved her hand nonchalantly.

"Of course. We moved everything to New Teyvat. I even brought the entire Wangsheng Hall—including the net café building."

To her, Wangsheng Hall was the most important place in all of Teyvat.

The day Liyue's relocation started, she had the whole thing transported.

Kiana nodded. "Oh~ That's awesome. Let's go there later. I haven't explored New Liyue yet. How's the scenery?"

Hutao chimed in from the side.

"It's beautiful~ Our Guest Consultant and Ningguang carefully planned everything. They preserved the original natural landscape. The views from the mountains are amazing~"

Kiana responded, "Let's go on an adventure in New Liyue sometime! Just wander around."

Hu Tao grinned. "Let's do it tomorrow afternoon!"

Aglaea looked around at everyone, then walked over to join Jean, Ningguang, Topaz, Jade, and Fu Xuan.

"Mind if I join you?"

Jean smiled. "Of course not. Welcome! I'm Jean, Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius."

Aglaea sat down. "Nice to meet you, Jean. I'm Aglaea, from Amphoreus."

Hearing that name, Fu Xuan remembered that Welt had come to her earlier today asking about Amphoreus.

"Amphoreus? Mr. Welt came to ask me about that today. He said March got frozen as soon as she got near your area. I examined her—she was encased in a substance called Six-Phase Ice. It's extremely rare. Do you know anything about it?"

Aglaea shook her head. "I don't, but I'll check the archives when I get back and see if I can find anything."

Fu Xuan nodded. "Alright."

Aglaea continued, "What were you all talking about just now?"

Topaz answered, "Some business collaborations. I'm Topaz, from the Interastral Peace Corporation."

Aglaea gave her a careful look. "Interastral Peace Corporation? Mr. Dan Heng mentioned you yesterday. He said you're the largest trading company in the galaxy?"

Topaz nodded. "That's right. But in terms of product variety and quality, we still can't compare to Ye Yun's little shop."

Fu Xuan added, "Ye Yun's shop has an endless supply of amazing goods—no point comparing. But the company's inventory is still impressive.

For instance, most of the infrastructure for New Teyvat came from their supplies."

She turned to Aglaea. "If you ever need basic supplies, talk to Topaz. She can give you a discount.

The best part is, she accepts credit points. Ye Yun's place only takes star coins.

And star coins—everyone who knows about Ye Yun's shop treats them like gold. You'd split one in half if you could."

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Aglaea, upon hearing this, took out the phone that Ye Yun had given her and added everyone on Group Chat.

She had realized that these people were all high-ranking figures in their respective factions.

Now that the train crew had arrived in Amphoreus, contact between Amphoreus and the outside world had become inevitable.

Aglaea believed this was a good thing. In just the past two days of interaction, Okhema had already gained unimaginable benefits.

Not only did Teacher Trianne gain a continuous source of life energy, but Stelle also helped resolve the issue with the Titan's followers, bringing temporary peace to Okhema.

Contact with the outside world wasn't the disaster they had once imagined it to be.

Meanwhile, Tribbie and Trinnon were eating together with Klee and the others.

Trinnon, like a big sister, was looking after Klee and the others alongside Yaoyao.

Seeing this, Bailu spoke up.

"Trinnon, Yaoyao, you should sit down and eat too. You don't need to take care of us."

Trinnon smiled at her words.

"Alright, alright, I'll come after I finish getting the juice."

She ran off with a tray to get juice and returned to hand out a cup to each of the children before sitting down to eat.

Stelle and Firefly were sitting together. Stelle glanced around to make sure no one was watching before whispering to Firefly.

"Firefly, later we're going to go 'crop stealing' — looks like Zhongli and Uncle Yang's crops will be the first to ripen."

Firefly frowned slightly.

"Isn't that kind of... not right?"

Stelle reassured her.

"It's fine! That's just how QQ Farm is supposed to be played. It's part of the game!"

After thinking about it, Firefly agreed that stealing crops was indeed a QQ Farm mechanic, so she nodded and agreed to go with Stelle.

As time passed, midnight struck.

Xiangling and Mei finished tidying up the table and placed Ye Yun's birthday cake on it.

As everyone sang, Ye Yun made a wish and blew out the candles.

Just as he was about to cut the cake, he noticed the mischievous look on Stelle's face.

He looked again and saw Stelle already had disposable gloves on — of course! She was planning to smear cake on him!

Ye Yun acted first, cutting a piece of cake and flinging it at Stelle's face just as she was about to make her move.

Because he used too much force, the cake splattered, getting on others as well.

There was a brief moment of silence — then the cake war erupted!

"Ye Yun! You have no honor! How dare you ambush me, the Galactic Flame Hero!

Hutao! Amber! Attack! Avenge me!"

With the chaos spreading, more and more people were caught in the battle and joined in.

Trinnon quickly pulled Klee and the others away from the scene. The nine little ones hid behind the bar counter, laughing as they watched the cake war unfold.

"Look! General Jing Yuan's face is covered in cake! Haha!"

"Go Ye Yun! Go Ye Yun!"

"Run Hutao! Amber is catching up!"

"Woohoo~ Grandpa Zhongli finally got hit with cake!"

The little cuties were enjoying the spectacle when suddenly, Little Evil God peeked out from behind the counter, holding two big pieces of cake.

"Ohoho~ So this is where you all were! Hehehe! Hahaha! Stuffed jam cake throw!"

The cakes landed right on Tribbie and Bailu.

Bailu wiped the cake off her face and glared at Little Evil God.

"Jammy!!! Klee! Hook! Let's get him!"

Hook and Klee charged toward the cake pile, each grabbing a handful and chasing after Little Evil God.

Seeing this, she turned to run. Bailu, along with Hook, Klee, and Diona, chased after him.

Yurine saw this and slyly stuck out a foot just as Little Evil God passed by.

Little Evil God turned around to taunt Bailu and the others, but suddenly her vision tilted as she fell forward.

Lying on the ground, she shouted:

"Yurine! You betrayed me!"

That turned out to be his last sentence of the night.

Bailu, Klee, and Hook pounced and gave her a full-body cake "massage."

Little Evil God tried to plead for mercy, but Qiqi slowly crouched beside her, holding a giant apple.

Their eyes met — her blank stare locking with her frightened one.

And then, Qiqi shoved the apple into her mouth. She could only make muffled sounds.

Herta stood calmly in the middle of the battlefield.

Because dozens of her puppet guards were standing protectively around her.

No one could breach her defenses.

Stelle led Firefly, Amber, Hutao, and Yoimiya in a full assault — but alas, they were all repelled and had to flee, covered in cake.

Sunday had cleverly hidden early in his room, thinking he'd escaped.

But then a knock came at the door, and Robin's voice followed.

"Big Brother~ Are you in there? You are, right? I know you are~"

Robin opened the door and walked in with Furina, both holding big cakes, smiling "kindly."

Furina egged her on.

"Sunday! Why did you leave without saying goodbye? I know! It must be because you don't care about Robin!"

"Hmph! Shinji Ziwa is poking your belly! You! Don't! Care! About! Robin!"

Robin looked confused.

"Furina, what does Shinji Ziwa is poking your belly mean?"

Furina explained:

"Oh, it's a line from a detective anime Stelle recommended. It means There is only one truth."

Robin nodded.

"Oh~ I get it. So, Big Brother, why did you leave without saying anything?"

Sunday gulped heavily.

"Robin, let me explain—"

Under the lamp's glow, the shadows of two cakes loomed ever larger over Sunday's face.

Splat!

Meanwhile, Huohuo was hiding under a table.

"Huohuo's invisible! No one can see Huo Huo!"

Nearby, Mr. Tail was speechless.

"Huohuo! Don't be a coward! Get out there! It's just cake!"

Huohuo glared at him.

"Easy for you to say! The cake isn't hitting you! I'm staying right here, hmph~"

Mr. Tail shrugged.

"Don't blame me then."

He flew out from under the table.

"Everyone! Huohuo's hiding here! Come get her!"

The moment he spoke, everyone turned to look.

Huohuo stared at him in disbelief.

"My tears now are for the water that once filled my brain!"

Everyone played until past 1 AM, finally calling a truce. The whole place was covered in cake.

An 18-layer cake — not a single bite eaten, all of it destroyed in fun.

Well, except for Paimon, of course. Even when people smeared cake on her face, she didn't mind. In fact, she thanked them for feeding her cake.

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Sorry guys, I've only been able to translate about two Chapters a day lately because of my busy work schedule. I'll return to the old pace if my work hours go back to how they were before.