One evening, the setting sun dyed the sky of the Nordic coastal city orange. Zijing stood under the bronze statue in the central square, holding a cup of hot coffee in her hand, and her eyes calmly swept over the people passing by in the square.

He looked at the time and was not in a hurry.

"Sorry, have you waited for a long time?"

A familiar voice came from behind her. Amethyst turned around and saw Desdobia jogging towards her. Her long orange hair was gently lifted in the breeze, and her cheeks were slightly flushed from her haste.

"Just arrived." Zijing handed her another cup of coffee, "Whatever you like, I bought it for you."

Desdobia took the cup and smiled: "So thoughtful? If I hadn't informed you in advance, I would have thought it was just an ordinary date."

"Who's date would choose the person by drawing lots?"

Zijing said helplessly: "Let's go, if it's any later, the dessert shop will be closed."

Desdobia chuckled and hurried after him, her shoulder occasionally bumping into his arm, as if it was intentional, yet also as if it was unintentional.

They strolled along the cobblestone road, which was lined with Nordic-style shops. Warm yellow lights shone through the windows, illuminating the dazzling array of goods. Desdobia stopped in front of an antique watch shop and looked curiously at the old pocket watches displayed in the window.

"You can buy it if you like it." Zijing said.

"Will you pay?" She turned her head and winked at him, "I'll buy it if you pay."

"……Fine."

Zijing took out her wallet reluctantly, but noticed in her peripheral vision that a man in a fisherman's hat across the street was pretending to read a newspaper, but his camera was always facing their direction.

"But compared to this..." Desdobia suddenly moved closer, her warm breath brushing against his ears, "The owner of the hot dog stand at three o'clock has been staring at us for ten minutes."

Zijing nodded calmly and deliberately raised her voice: "Since you want to buy it, why don't you go to the bigger watch shop in front?"

The two continued to walk forward. When they passed the hot dog stand, Desdobia suddenly stumbled, and Zijing quickly supported her. At this moment, she quickly wrote a few words on his palm.

"Are you okay?"

"I think I sprained my foot..." She pretended to be in pain, but secretly winked at Zijing.

Zijing understood and helped her walk into the alley next to her.

The next moment, several figures followed quietly.

After a series of muffled noises, the sneaky figures were quickly subdued by the ambushed Zijing and Desdobia. Desdobia stood up and looked at the people pinned to the ground. She curled her lips in disappointment: "That's it? A few ordinary thugs?"

Zijing squatted down and lifted the coat of one of the men, revealing the wallet and lock picking tools inside. "It looks like they are just a gang of pickpockets targeting tourists."

Kosmo's voice came from deep in the alley: "...Scan completed, these people are indeed just ordinary people." He held the detector in his hand, "But..."

Suddenly, the detector sounded a piercing alarm. Zijing looked up suddenly and saw that the sunlight at the alley entrance was blocked by a distorted figure. The hot dog vendor was crawling towards him in a weird posture, his neck twisted 180 degrees, with an exaggerated smile on his face.

"Found...it..." The stall owner's mouth opened and closed, but the sound that came out was like an electronic synthesis.

Desdobia quickly stood in front of Zijing, and her telekinesis was instantly formed, obviously wanting to show off: "That's more like it~"

Zijing held her shoulder and said, "Wait, something's wrong..."

Before he finished speaking, the stall owner's body suddenly swelled up like an inflatable, and dense metal lines appeared under his skin. The detector in Kosmo's hand made a loud noise: "Be careful! The energy reading is soaring!"

The violent explosion enveloped the entire alley in flames. When the smoke cleared, only a three-meter-diameter charred hole remained, and the twisted figure had long since disappeared.

"Ahem... what a warm welcome." Desdobia raised her head from Zijing's arms, her face covered with dust. In the end, Zijing took a step forward and blocked the power of the explosion.

"A puppet...the invaders' technological level is not low." Zijing said.

"What's next? Shall we go fishing again?" Desdobia looked at him.

"Since we're here, and according to Vivi's observation, the 'aliens' in this area are the most active. I suspect they have a way to find the location of those two guys." Zijing said. This was also the reason why he and Desdobia came out to shop. If the target was him, those guys would not be able to hold back.

"They already know that we are conducting a sting operation. They may not show up easily in the future..." Desdobia said with some regret.

"Then we'll use Plan B." Zijing pressed the microphone, "The people of Tianming have surrounded the city and are now scanning the entire city."

Destobia's eyes lit up: "So now we...?"

"Let's continue shopping." Amethyst adjusted her collar. "Since they know we are fishing, let's show them. Even if they know it is a trap, they have to jump into it."

Kosmo silently handed over a new detector: "...Be careful."

The two returned to the main street. The sunset had completely sunk into the sea level, and the neon lights of the city lit up one after another. Desdobia naturally took Zijing's arm... The headsets of the two were a little noisy, as if a group of people were protesting.

"Seriously," she whispered, "when this incident is over, should we go out for another stroll? Just a normal one?"

"Sure, if we're just going shopping together..."

Zijing answered. But at this moment, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded throughout the port area. In the sea in the distance, thick fog spread at an abnormal speed, and several huge shadows could be vaguely seen moving in the fog.

"Is that... Honkai Beast?"

Desdobia had good eyesight and recognized the identities of those huge shadows at a glance. "Why at this time?"

"They should be controlled." Zijing learned the information from the headset, "They appeared suddenly from under the sea near the city. They were not detected before, which means they took the initiative to restrain their breath and hide. Ordinary Honkai beasts would not do this."

"I see. Then should we... fight back?" Desdobia looked at him.

"No. Kevin's already gone."

After that, a dazzling blue light suddenly appeared on the sea in the distance. The light cut through the thick fog like a sharp sword, and the sea water instantly condensed into ice wherever it passed. A tall figure walked on the ice, and every step left a frost flower on the sea.